Slinky_dog
New Bee
I bought 2 nucs around 8 weeks ago. I haven't found my introduction to bee keeping particularly easy but had been muddling through.
Anyway I found a swarm of bees hanging in a small tree about 20 yards from my 2 hives. I hoped it would be obvious which hive it came from but both seem very active - there were quite a few queen cells in both hives - I couldn't find the queen in either hive on my inspection. When it stops raining I will look again.
I have killed the queen cells but I guess I am in danger of ending up with no queens at all if both my queens have already swarmed and no new queen has hatched. I'm not sure whether doing absolutely nothing and leaving nature to take it's course might be better than my amateurish intervention.
The swarm is still hanging in the tree. Given my queens had their wings clipped, I assume they do not have a queen with them. But they have not flown back. I have 2 hives and I am currently not tempted by a third.
If anyone has advice, would be delighted to receive it.
Anyway I found a swarm of bees hanging in a small tree about 20 yards from my 2 hives. I hoped it would be obvious which hive it came from but both seem very active - there were quite a few queen cells in both hives - I couldn't find the queen in either hive on my inspection. When it stops raining I will look again.
I have killed the queen cells but I guess I am in danger of ending up with no queens at all if both my queens have already swarmed and no new queen has hatched. I'm not sure whether doing absolutely nothing and leaving nature to take it's course might be better than my amateurish intervention.
The swarm is still hanging in the tree. Given my queens had their wings clipped, I assume they do not have a queen with them. But they have not flown back. I have 2 hives and I am currently not tempted by a third.
If anyone has advice, would be delighted to receive it.