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OK, here is the situation. Today I opened a hive which had a super on it to see if it needed another one, which it did. I put an empty super on top and came back to the house. That is where things got weird. I was about 4:00 in the evening, when I heard the roar, it was bees swarming...I had just been in the hive fifteen minutes earlier. I went to watch and sure enough, the sky was full of bees and they were pouring out the front of the hive like water. The front of the hive was black with bees as well as the ground in front of the hive. In less than fifteen minutes the show was over except the porch of the hive was still covered. I could not see where or if the bees went anywhere.
My question is will bees fake a swarm and go back into the hive? Are they practicing for tomorrow? I am not sure if they left or not, but there was still plenty of bees on the outside of the hive after all of the the sky cleared.
Any ideas as to what this was?
Thanks,
Hillbilly
My question is will bees fake a swarm and go back into the hive? Are they practicing for tomorrow? I am not sure if they left or not, but there was still plenty of bees on the outside of the hive after all of the the sky cleared.
Any ideas as to what this was?
Thanks,
Hillbilly