Jon
Another swarm arrives
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, 09-06-2013 at 05:30 PM (4432 Views)
I was just getting ready to head out to the allotment to do some weeding when my other half called me out to the garden where the air was black with bees.
The bait hives had been actively scouted all morning.
This time they chose a wooden national as opposed to the Payne Poly nuc.
But then a lot of fanning started and bees were going under the nuc.
Oops. the queen must be in there.
No comments about my Sunday best garb please.
I shook the bees off on to the roof and saw the queen scuttling about.
Didn't get a great picture.
Lovely set of red legs on her.
Do you think that queen was marked and the spot wore off? Seems to be a bit of a mark there.
The bees look pretty dark so the morphometry might be interesting.
Once they were in I took the cruddy comb away from them and gave the a mixture of drawn comb and foundation.
I had a quick look below the crown board of the other swarm and it is covering 8 frames.
This one might be a similar size.