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House Bee
- Joined
- May 15, 2011
- Messages
- 143
- Reaction score
- 2
- Location
- East Sussex
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 5 at two out apiaries
One of my hives at an out apiary was going really well, queen had emerged on 10th May this year. She seemed to be laying fine, nice even brood from side to side over 5 and a bit frames, comb drawn on 10 frames altogether, 1 foundation only.
I checked them last Saturday and all was well, one super nearly full, second just started, temper fine.
The neighbour says there was a swarm yesterday and today I find no queen, no eggs and about 10 charged queen cells. The swarm presumably came from that hive (there are several other hives nearby) as numbers do seem to be a bit down but not by a great deal.
What could have made them swarm? What should I have done to prevent it?
I checked them last Saturday and all was well, one super nearly full, second just started, temper fine.
The neighbour says there was a swarm yesterday and today I find no queen, no eggs and about 10 charged queen cells. The swarm presumably came from that hive (there are several other hives nearby) as numbers do seem to be a bit down but not by a great deal.
What could have made them swarm? What should I have done to prevent it?