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Tried something new this year and don't understand the results at all.
I bought some Carniolan bee packages and instead of dumping the bees I was told to take out 5 frames and just put the open package box in the hive. I turned the queens loose and on the next day went back to remove the boxes and 3 out of 5 had left the hives and swarmed. 2 of the 3 left the queen behind and the 3rd was entirely gone. The other two packages were in their hives, but they were balling their queens and I had to remove them. Can someone tell me what is going on? I have caught the swarming packages, but don't know what to do with them either. Help someone please.
I bought some Carniolan bee packages and instead of dumping the bees I was told to take out 5 frames and just put the open package box in the hive. I turned the queens loose and on the next day went back to remove the boxes and 3 out of 5 had left the hives and swarmed. 2 of the 3 left the queen behind and the 3rd was entirely gone. The other two packages were in their hives, but they were balling their queens and I had to remove them. Can someone tell me what is going on? I have caught the swarming packages, but don't know what to do with them either. Help someone please.