Swarms Already

[Beesand]

A friend of mine evidently had three swarms of bees fly over her stables on Sunday afternoon. From the description it sounds like an initial swarm followed by a couple of casts as she said the 2nd and 3rd lot were much smaller than the first 1.

 

[enrico]

Followed closely by a flock of pigs!

 

[beeno]

That made me chuckle enrico. Time will tell, it may be an early warning of things to come!

 

[Beesand]

Followed closely by a flock of pigs!

In my friends defense Enrico she isn't a person that generally creates stories so she must've seen something and there certainly were bees in the direction she said they came from last year. Who knows, I didn't see them with my own eyes, they haven't left or arrived at my apiary so I guess the mystery will continue lol . . . . . .

 

[alldigging]

Is it possibly that they were a wild bunch whose home has broken? Even that doesn't quite explain 3 lots though, does it?

 

[Jed D]

Perhaps they done 3 laps , losing a few each lap...

 

[Tom Bick]

A friend of mine evidently had three swarms of bees fly over her stables on Sunday afternoon. From the description it sounds like an initial swarm followed by a couple of casts as she said the 2nd and 3rd lot were much smaller than the first 1.

Cast swarms generally leave the hive several days after a primary swarm. I think it would be most unusual if it was a swarm and with this mild weather we may see some later in March.

 

[alanf]

... I think it would be most unusual if it was a swarm and with this mild weather we may see some later in March.

Couple of years ago in 2011 I had a dozen swarm cells before the end of March. This year, the ornamental prunus are flowering now and that's a couple of weeks before they were in 2011. Unusual, yes. But maybe not impossible.

 

[oliver90owner]

Starlings at distance, going to roost?

 

[enrico]

Starlings at distance, going to roost?

Made me laugh RAB! Less poo from bees though!