Cuddly Bear
New Bee
- Joined
- Oct 25, 2011
- Messages
- 17
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- Location
- Oxford
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 11
I picked up a large prime swarm from a well established feral colony a couple of weeks ago and put them in the out apiary. I inspected them for the first time today. Plenty of sealed brood and eggs, no signs of disease all good apart from the were running all over the comb and they had built a lot of comb above the crown board ignoring some brood frames with foundation. I couldn't find the queen but put a QX on below a super of foundation. put the hive back together but there were bees all over the front of the hive like they were about to swarm. They went back after 30 mins. I've heard of bees running on comb before but not seen it. Does this behaviour calm down once the colony is established or should I re-queen?
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