Lance Hutchings
New Bee
- Joined
- May 12, 2011
- Messages
- 71
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- Location
- nr Thornbury, Bristiol
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- Now up to 8 colonies due to splits and swarms !
Just a thought
Is there a particular time of day that bees prefer to swarm ?
Ive caught two this year and both have come between 3pm and 5pm, do bees swarm regardless of weather, or as soon as a queen cell is capped or will two queens tolerate each other until better weather during rain etc ? (This seems slightly unlikely).
More of an enquiry than anything but would be nice to hear peoples views
Lance
Is there a particular time of day that bees prefer to swarm ?
Ive caught two this year and both have come between 3pm and 5pm, do bees swarm regardless of weather, or as soon as a queen cell is capped or will two queens tolerate each other until better weather during rain etc ? (This seems slightly unlikely).
More of an enquiry than anything but would be nice to hear peoples views
Lance