MandF
Drone Bee
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- Oct 28, 2009
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- Location
- London, UK
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 2
The cast swarm from one of my hives, which I recaptured on monday and housed in a polynuc, still has bees fanning at the entrance all day. Not many, but 5-10 each time I look.
As it is a cast swarm I assume the virgin queen will be going on mating flights as soon as they decide to stay, which means she could/should be doing that now. Also I would expect them to fan for a period of time, to allow any stragglers from the swarm to find them, but I wouldnt expect them to be fanning constantly for 3 days now?
Just wanted to find out if it is normal, and if so why are they still fanning?
Thanks
As it is a cast swarm I assume the virgin queen will be going on mating flights as soon as they decide to stay, which means she could/should be doing that now. Also I would expect them to fan for a period of time, to allow any stragglers from the swarm to find them, but I wouldnt expect them to be fanning constantly for 3 days now?
Just wanted to find out if it is normal, and if so why are they still fanning?
Thanks