CliffDale
House Bee
- Joined
- Mar 13, 2010
- Messages
- 210
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- Location
- Cornwall uk
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 8
3 days ago I caught a swarm and hived it in a national brood box. I added a frame of brood and plenty of drawn frames.
Today I went to feed them a 1 to 1 syrup.
What I am not sure about is there were about 20 to 30 bees fanning madly with the bottoms up at the entrance. I thought they would have settled down by now.
I have not looked for a queen yet as I thought it would be better to leave it a week. I did peep inside and the hive is still full.
Is this normal after a swarm capture that bees fan like this after 3 days?
Cliff
Today I went to feed them a 1 to 1 syrup.
What I am not sure about is there were about 20 to 30 bees fanning madly with the bottoms up at the entrance. I thought they would have settled down by now.
I have not looked for a queen yet as I thought it would be better to leave it a week. I did peep inside and the hive is still full.
Is this normal after a swarm capture that bees fan like this after 3 days?
Cliff