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An Artificial Swarm Attempt Gone Awry.
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<blockquote data-quote="The Frasers" data-source="post: 13020" data-attributes="member: 170"><p>Today, finally, managed a partial inspection of the first-pictured (above) two hives. That queen-right box on top of the RHS of the two was moved as per your collective advice 3m onto a base Sunday evening and a box of foundation added above. There was no activity in the top box today but the bottom box was full and active. Happy with that hive now.</p><p>The under-story RHS two box hive was very active once opened and bumping the veil, and I received multiple stings to my hands despite smoking them well. Returning with gloves allowed the inspection to continue and the gloves too were well stung. They were really pissy about me being in there. Capped brood, no new grubs,and three empty swarm cells were found, along with chewed out old ones, one cell had a viable queen grub half filling it, and a slim very young looking caramel queen, a virgin perhaps, scuttling about on the second-last frame left to examine.</p><p>Can we mark this as solved for the moment, in so far as the hive originally with no queen ever found in two years has divided into one with a robust new queen and another with either a virgin or the original unfound queen being superseded? Hopefully that hive will settle again with time and stop attacking us. The artificial swarm pictured second above appears to have worked more by good luck as well. </p><p>Thank you for the advice too. Lessons learned. As an equipment supplier said to us the other day, "If you have bees you will have surprises."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Frasers, post: 13020, member: 170"] Today, finally, managed a partial inspection of the first-pictured (above) two hives. That queen-right box on top of the RHS of the two was moved as per your collective advice 3m onto a base Sunday evening and a box of foundation added above. There was no activity in the top box today but the bottom box was full and active. Happy with that hive now. The under-story RHS two box hive was very active once opened and bumping the veil, and I received multiple stings to my hands despite smoking them well. Returning with gloves allowed the inspection to continue and the gloves too were well stung. They were really pissy about me being in there. Capped brood, no new grubs,and three empty swarm cells were found, along with chewed out old ones, one cell had a viable queen grub half filling it, and a slim very young looking caramel queen, a virgin perhaps, scuttling about on the second-last frame left to examine. Can we mark this as solved for the moment, in so far as the hive originally with no queen ever found in two years has divided into one with a robust new queen and another with either a virgin or the original unfound queen being superseded? Hopefully that hive will settle again with time and stop attacking us. The artificial swarm pictured second above appears to have worked more by good luck as well. Thank you for the advice too. Lessons learned. As an equipment supplier said to us the other day, "If you have bees you will have surprises." [/QUOTE]
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