[Plannerwgp]

I had several hive set ups thatI wasn't using so I set them with bottom board, a deep and a super on the ground and not in a tree. They are located about 1 acre away from my other hives.I used swarm commander 2 days ago and now I have 2 active new hives. They possibly came from my other hives that were started with nucs 5 weeks ago.I will check tomorrow to see if I have marked queens and then I will know they are probably from my original hives (about 13 of them).My question is if there is a queen in each of these 2 swarm trapped hives can I simply leave them as I have no area to replace or relocate them and all plant materials are in bloom. I will have to check my other hives to see if they have swarmed but I doubt it as they are new and have plenty of room.

 

[AR1]

Nice.

Why not leave them? Sounds like a good place for them.

New hives can swarm. I'd check those for queen present.

 

[Nelsonhoneyfarms]

Cool! Yep they should be okay. I assume you left frames in those hive bodies, otherwise you will quickly have a mess to clean up. I would also reduce the entrance since there may be stronger hives nearby.