Hey folks.. I have a lot to say but I feel I need to try to keep it simple and not give too much info.
I had a new swarm today from the NUC I brought home around the beginning of April.
The NUC swarmed into the ( swarm tree) about 20 feet from Nuc the first week I had it.. It swarmed back to the same nuc box within 4 hours. I moved it into a deep 10 frame with all I had, undrawn foundation. Gave it sugar water.
Has been very busy with all indications of health.
I left town yesterday at noon. Wife called about 1.00 PM and let me know this box was swarming back to the same swarm tree. I knew I would be back today and I was traveling to get some queens for other hive so I just was willing to let it go until I got back.
Around 3 o'clock she phoned and told me they had swarmed from the tree back to the same box they came from.
Today when I got home I went out to check on things. As I was there they began to swarm again. This time they went to a different tree much more difficult to get to.
As I was contemplating what could possibly be going on with this NUC/ now 10 frame deep I decided to go into the box and see. Still a lot of bees, a whole lot of bees. No sign of a queen, no eggs that I could see, no larva, but some capped brood. ( sound familiar)
I found 6 capped queen cells on 2 different frames.
I want to stop here for commentary because it gets a lot more complicated after this. For now lets just deal with the fact that in less than 2 weeks this Nuc to start and after moved to a 10 deep would swarm and return within a couple of hours??? I think we should start with just that aspect and then I will begin to add to the story.
