I stacked several supers outside my shop for easy access to load, Well the other day i backed the truck up to load some and when i took the lid off of one stack about 50 bees came out and said HELLO
(took 3 hits) a swarm had moved in
I put a bottom board and a migrate cover on them and left them there. I decided two days later to move them to a outyard up north, but i started to load some supers first so the hive would be in front so i could unload it first, well i noticed bees flying in and out of the other stack of supers? and sure enough another swarm had moved in to them also? Now i have two hives to move up north
. Another strange thing i've noticed, most of my hives are two deeps for brood and how ever many supers they need on top? well i had put two supers on to start with on the strong hives and when i went to check them they had and were filling the bottom deep full of honey first, and was starting on the supers? First thought, They have lost their queen and was backfilling or getting ready to swarm? Nope the queen was there and laying in the bottom deep! Anyone else seeing this? several hives in this yard was doing this??? Jack