Daily Archives: May 17, 2015

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Have I Mentioned Swarms?

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on May 17, 2015 by Liz Thompson

Today it was the primary swarm from the nuc I got from Allen last year.  This is the nuc that had a queen from his nuc yard rather than the purchased California queen.  Kristien and I attempted to box the swarm twice but because they had clustered under the pallet […]

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Run, Queen, Run!

This entry was posted in Beekeepers Notes Lizs Notes and tagged after swarm observation hive queen swarm on May 17, 2015 by Liz Thompson

Yesterday evening I saw a virgin queen in the observation hive for the first time since this craziness began.  She was running like a wild thing!   The reason soon became apparent.  The bees balled her! Note the condensation on the hive glass.  This point on the glass was considerably hotter […]

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