keithgrimes
Field Bee
- Joined
- May 29, 2010
- Messages
- 614
- Reaction score
- 0
- Location
- Northumberland
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 3
I got my first nuc last Sunday and hived them Monday. Today, twenty minutes before the England Germany game, they swarmed. They plastered themselves under the hive so I assumed the queen was clipped (like a fool, I hadn't asked when I bought the nuc). Got them in to a new hive, saw the queen (marked, thanks Dave) and went through the original hive - sure enough, queen cells. After a phone call to the guy I bought the nuc from, established that the queen is NOT clipped. Lucky or what? I missed the game, but from what I heard I had a better afternoon than most.