Amelia-bee
New Bee
Hi everyone! New beekeeper in need of some help. Did my basic a few years ago and have helped out with other peoples hives before, but two weeks ago got my first colony.
Got a colony from a woman who had become anaphalatic. There were supercedure cells on some frames with eggs in so I presumed the old queen had died/left.
Moved them to my site, checked for queen's cells capped, then once a queen had emerged (hole chewed in the bottom), I closed up for 2 weeks to let her do her thing with mo disruptions.
It's only been10 days in and I had a swarm on a tree next to the hive. Does this mean the old queen hadn't died and has left with half the colony now a new queen has emerged? Was there anything I should have done differently?
I have collected up the swarm and transferred to my second hive.
Got a colony from a woman who had become anaphalatic. There were supercedure cells on some frames with eggs in so I presumed the old queen had died/left.
Moved them to my site, checked for queen's cells capped, then once a queen had emerged (hole chewed in the bottom), I closed up for 2 weeks to let her do her thing with mo disruptions.
It's only been10 days in and I had a swarm on a tree next to the hive. Does this mean the old queen hadn't died and has left with half the colony now a new queen has emerged? Was there anything I should have done differently?
I have collected up the swarm and transferred to my second hive.