Dear All
Does a supercedure mean the virgin queen leaves with the swarm? If so I never knew that. Ted Hooper says there can be two virgins with a supercedure swarm. One of ours today, a captured swarm from Tuesday from our apiary, looked in swarming mood. And then they all went back in. And then some of them came out again and bearded on the front. I wondered if there were two virgins in there and they were thinking of splitting again with one virgin.
Of course it might be that they are too hot and need some more space on top such as a super. It was a good size swarm that went into a Brood box on Tuesday. The hive was in full sun today so we shaded it and they all went in again.
Lots of love
Confused of Drumguish


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