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Both hives gone... advice please.
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<blockquote data-quote="Kathryn" data-source="post: 2901" data-attributes="member: 349"><p>Have been beekeeping for just over a year now. Bought a nuc Jan 2020, this was doing so well in late Spring that we took frames out and did a split which also was doing well. </p><p></p><p>Original hive was two 3/4 brood boxes, plus two supers (one was pretty full, the other half full of honey). I had taken three frames of capped honey off in Feb and was going to reduce these two supers to one and leave for winter feed.</p><p></p><p>New hive was two 3/4 brood boxes (one full, the other half full). </p><p></p><p>Went to remove honey/pack up for winter and put in varroa treatments, and hive had swarmed leaving a small amount of bees. Checked the new hive and same, but even less bees.</p><p></p><p>Am not sure why they swarmed and what signs I missed in the lead up. The original hive, I thought still had plenty of room, and going into Winter shouldn't have needed any more space? The new hive still had plenty of space. Both queens had been laying well. Plenty of honey & pollen in the brood boxes. No drones as such in either. No dead bees.</p><p></p><p>We are coastal Manawatu.</p><p></p><p>Suggestions on why/what I've missed so I don't have a repeat please.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathryn, post: 2901, member: 349"] Have been beekeeping for just over a year now. Bought a nuc Jan 2020, this was doing so well in late Spring that we took frames out and did a split which also was doing well. Original hive was two 3/4 brood boxes, plus two supers (one was pretty full, the other half full of honey). I had taken three frames of capped honey off in Feb and was going to reduce these two supers to one and leave for winter feed. New hive was two 3/4 brood boxes (one full, the other half full). Went to remove honey/pack up for winter and put in varroa treatments, and hive had swarmed leaving a small amount of bees. Checked the new hive and same, but even less bees. Am not sure why they swarmed and what signs I missed in the lead up. The original hive, I thought still had plenty of room, and going into Winter shouldn't have needed any more space? The new hive still had plenty of space. Both queens had been laying well. Plenty of honey & pollen in the brood boxes. No drones as such in either. No dead bees. We are coastal Manawatu. Suggestions on why/what I've missed so I don't have a repeat please. [/QUOTE]
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