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Bee Yard Surprise

5/17/2016

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So we were out working in the bee yard the other day when we got a surprise.  But let me start at the beginning.  We were doing a quick check of all the hives.  The two new hives and the two established hives.  Hive 2 was the 'experimental hive' with no queen.  There were actually a few bees in the hive, but no queen.  We decided to move a couple of frames with brood and eggs from Hive 1 to Hive 2.  Shortly after doing so, I looked down on the ground to see a small swarm!  Small and in an odd location.  This was the first swarm we had found!  Right under one of our hives at that.  Needless to say, we were excited at this find. Being both surprised, and caught off guard, we made the hasty decision to try and put this swarm in Hive 2.  We did our best to catch and move bees.  We were even able to locate the queen and add her as well.  Catching her in a queen clip and placing her in the hive  to give her and the other bees a little time to adjust.  Almost immediately we thought of a better alternative we should have tried.  This was a crazy move on our part.  After all, we did just throw bees from two very different environments in a new hive box.  Definitely not the best way to start out.  Needless to say, at last check the bees were busy working in the hive.  We will dig deeper after the bees have had more time to settle and adjust to all the change.  Hive 4, our other experimental hive, was looking good.  Strong and full of bees!
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