While doing some field work today and and stopped to gas up the tractor next to my bee yard, i kept hearing bees swarming and seen them staging on a tree limb about 7ft. off the ground (maybe a 2lb. swarm?), i put them in a nuc to take to a outyard. I went to my bee yard to see if i could see if it was from one of them? what i found was a hive being robbed out
> I had taken a med. super off that hive last week, it was a 2 deep with 2 med supers and i took one. They looked strong and had enough stores in the second deep to winter on and the super i left was 3/4 full and half of it was capped. They had already robbed most of the honey out of the top deep and were working on the 3/4 filled super, i took it to give to the swam i just caught.The other hives looked like business as usual? So my question is, do you think maybe this swarm abscond from the hive being robbed out? In most cases a hive will fight to the last bee, just wondering if any of you had something like this? Seems like for the last 3 weeks ever time i go to a bee yard a swarm is taking place? what's going on?? Hummm
Ok perry i give, put the voo doo doll away.
Jack
