susbees
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Reliable report of first swarm of the year in Lincolnshire. However is anything reliable today?!
First swarm of 2013....
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I hope not.
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Hanging in the spaghetti tree?
itma
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Very probably.
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susbees
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all wearing fleeces and wholly hats
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Maybe the clue is in the date?
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Any other year it would be believable though.
theboynelson
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As opposed to the partial hats they undoubtedly wear in warmer climes.
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Reliable report of first swarm of the year in Lincolnshire. IT CERTAINLY WASNT ONE OF MINE. UNLESS THEY HAVE ALL JOINED FORCES 
I think susbees misread someone writing "it s warm"
For want of a better word
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This thread might be April 1st joke. BUT It was 17 degrees here on 5th March (yes really we had spring that day) and I inspected. One of my hives had 2 queen cups. I was surprised because they were not there going into winter and I thought they were planning ahead a bit. Normally I would have had a look later to check whether they extended the cups but the weather was not warm enough (It was snowing). The bees are still in there but I recon they gave up any swarming ideas. Bailey comb change planned asap. Weather and other variables permitting.
