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bees at the entrance
Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 7:55 pm
by drewgrim
in the evenings i have noticed my one hive always has lots of extra bees at the hive entrance. being the rookie that i am it looks like they may want to swarm. this hive has two deeps and a medium that is about 6 frames full. i just checked all the frames on friday and saw no swarm cells at all. are they just hanging out on the porch? or is there more to it? these photos were taken at about 8:30
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Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 8:02 pm
by Wally
That's not hanging out. Wait until August, when they look like this.
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff61 ... lonies.jpg
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 7:00 am
by drewgrim
oh man! are they going to swarm or is that ok?
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 12:27 pm
by Wally
It's normal. Maybe even a little less than normal.
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 8:47 pm
by p51d
if it make you feel better that is what two of my hives look like. Boy, if mine looked like Wally's I would be freaking....
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 9:17 pm
by Wally
Those aren't mine, but mine have looked like that and more when I was producing honey.
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 9:30 pm
by drewgrim
why do they do that? just not enough room in there?
Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 6:48 am
by Wally
Temperature control
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 8:37 am
by drewgrim
my hive that had all those bees on the porch, now has about a 6 or 7 swarm cells on about 3 or 4 different frames. what should i do? the queen is there and laying good. everything else in the hive seems good. lots of honey and such. what happens if i dont do anything with the swarm cells?
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 9:04 am
by Wally
You should take the queen and 3 to 5 frames of brood and make a split. If you don't, I will be coming back to your house with the ladder.
PS. I can lend you a nuc box if needed.
