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If it's any consolation, I had a colony (my first!) swarm mid-Sept a few years ago while we were away on holiday! I thought it was a gonna, but the queen mated and produced enough brood to get through the winter and did well the following year. So you never know...

Looks like it's bee week in the Guardian. Has anyone else seen this from Mr Bispham in today's issue? http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/oct/27/pyramids-stonehenge-honeybee Helen