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- May 18, 2013
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- Location
- Traditional Surrey
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 10-20 depending
They do that if conditions are right. I would say they USUALLY do that after a Q introduction: swarm the new girl out to take her chances and run with one of her daughters. Genetically I suppose the "idea" is that then at least there's a chance some of the drones' (and so existing colony's) genes get a look in.I thought it was a supercedure but looks like they have swarmed with just 1 or 2 QC's, def no more.