Nuced queen colony been taken over by a prime swarm

[Curly green finger's]

As per title this has happened over the last few days ,why does it happen and has it happened to other folk.
Thanks
C.G.F

 

[Antipodes]

As per title this has happened over the last few days ,why does it happen and has it happened to other folk.
Thanks
C.G.F

It sounds like a usurpation swarm, which I've read about but never seen happen myself.

 

[jeff33]

Never seen it happening either. Would be interesting to know if the resident queen always gets it.

 

[Ian123]

I’ve had it happen to a small cast that took up residence in a bait hive literally 2 frames of bees at most…I had left them a couple of weeks as was short on time and didn’t really have any place for them. On returning the whole brood was bursting with bees. CGF was the nuc a reasonable size?

 

[Curly green finger's]

I’ve had it happen to a small cast that took up residence in a bait hive literally 2 frames of bees at most…I had left them a couple of weeks as was short on time and didn’t really have any place for them. On returning the whole brood was bursting with bees. CGF was the nuc a reasonable size?

Hang on I’ve just read my diary it’s a cast swarm been taken over by a prime swarm the cast was covering 5 frames and the nuc is a double nuc bait hive ,does that help?

 

[Curly green finger's]

Hang on I’ve just read my diary it’s a cast swarm been taken over by a prime swarm the cast was covering 5 frames and the nuc is a double nuc bait hive ,does that help?

Queen was dead on the pallet infront of the nuc prime swarm queen present and marked laying ,doesn’t look like any fighting has happened.

 

[Sutty]

Makes you wonder how the scouts could decide on that location?!

 

[Curly green finger's]

Never seen it happening either. Would be interesting to know if the resident queen always gets it.

First for me but the resident queen was dead infront of the nuc.

 

[Swarm]

Makes you wonder how the scouts could decide on that location?!

We can take 'em.

 

[jeff33]

Makes you wonder how the scouts could decide on that location?!

They must be Russian!

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

They must be Russian!

well I bet they were in a hurry!