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I have been weighing several of my hives on platform scales. From April 20 to April 23, my one hive lost 5 pounds and it has been gaining -- My thoughts are that my hive swarmed and all those girls left me for greener pastures.
I have several more hives in the same yard -- Today, I started looking into the stronger hives and sure enough, tons of swarm cells. I ended up creating 15 strong nucs. I am not sure why, but it seemed that alot of them had connected the swarm cells somehow to the frame below and when I pulled the frame out, it ripped swarm cells in half.
I am racing against the clock and have bait hives out there waiting as I am sure that some will swarm before I can get to them.
I have several more hives in the same yard -- Today, I started looking into the stronger hives and sure enough, tons of swarm cells. I ended up creating 15 strong nucs. I am not sure why, but it seemed that alot of them had connected the swarm cells somehow to the frame below and when I pulled the frame out, it ripped swarm cells in half.
I am racing against the clock and have bait hives out there waiting as I am sure that some will swarm before I can get to them.