swarm

[weatherman1200]

So I had a hive that swarm with only 2 qc in it I thorth thay were ss cells so I left then I was worng after 34 years of beekeeping and I was helping a newbee

 

[meidel]

it's incredibly big of you to admit this

 

[oliver90owner]

It happens.

They can change their collective mind, especially after being pulled apart by the beekeeper. BTDT, found them swarmed and a load of emergency/swarm cells left behind.

Most of us that have been keeping for a while will have had more than one case of the bees not following the rules!

As long as the newbie accepts that it can happen, and that it will happen to them, given time.

That is why I take further precautions, if possible, when I suspect supercedure.