- Joined
- Jun 14, 2023
- Messages
- 381
- Reaction score
- 399
- Location
- Surrey, England
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 14
I've seen a colony try to abscond, but I had a QE under the BB. The workers remained airborne for a couple of minutes, in front of the hive, they then returned to the hive - I didn't see them cluster.I saw this once, even though I don't clip queens. They would swarm and cluster fir a few minutes then go back in. The queen had a problem flying. About 8 days after this began, they swarmed normally, i.e. a virgin queen had hatched. They behaved normally after that.