One of my hives swarmed a week ago, (prime swarm) yesterday they produced
two more.Two hours after hiving the last two, i found a queen with eight workers on the face of one of the hives. She was`ent looking to good. The rest of the swarm has stayed put. Twice i placed her back in the hive only to have her back on the face a minute later. A small gust of wind blow her of the hive. She appeard to be very weak. I was wundering if their can be more than one queen in a swarm? Was she stung by the other? Can anyone tell me if the virgin queens get mated before they swarm?
Thanks,Todd64
two more.Two hours after hiving the last two, i found a queen with eight workers on the face of one of the hives. She was`ent looking to good. The rest of the swarm has stayed put. Twice i placed her back in the hive only to have her back on the face a minute later. A small gust of wind blow her of the hive. She appeard to be very weak. I was wundering if their can be more than one queen in a swarm? Was she stung by the other? Can anyone tell me if the virgin queens get mated before they swarm?
Thanks,Todd64