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I made two nucs with swarm cells this spring. I have done this before with reasonable
success. I separated the nucs from the parent colony by 15-20 feet. This year two
strikes - When I checked back, there was no queen and no queen cell in either. I
don't know why they did not raise a queen. I have now given one of the colonies
another queen cell and the other a frame with eggs from which to raise an emergency
queen. I am about to check to see if they are queen right. Just when we think we
know what we are doing, the bees fool us.
Larry Krengel
Marengo, IL USA
> every one of them had torn down
> the swarm cells and were busily storing nectar in all available cells. I was sort
> of surprised
> that they didn't raise a single queen from all those swarm cells. I wonder if I
> had taken the nucs away and distributed them in other yards if they would have
> done the same. Any thoughts, Aaron or anyone else?
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> Ted Fischer
> Dexter, Michigan USA