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- From: English Family <englishfamily06 AT gmail.com>
- To: ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: [ocba] Swarm/virgin queen question
- Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 11:52:54 -0400
Hi folks
We caught a swarm on April 20th. It was a small and what we assume was a secondary swarm, but not certain. We saw the queen during transport and were concerned that she may have gotten injured. After they settled in, I checked the colony a few days later and did not see a queen, however, it was possible she was on a mating flight (the queen we saw during transport looked like a virgin queen). Now, 10 days later, there is no sign of eggs or brood and still have not seen a queen We are concerned that the queen we saw was in fact injured and did not survive. However, this is my first time dealing with catching a swarm and dealing with a virgin queen (I have recently taken over managing our hives and am having to re-learn some of the information!). - [ocba] Swarm/virgin queen question, English Family, 04/30/2015
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