As cold as this spring has been, I was surprised when my bees swarmed yesterday. Like all other beekeepers, I was disappointed to have so many bees leave the hive with the swarm. The swarm gathered high in a tree so I was unable to retrieve them. I went through the entire hive today to make sure there were no other queen cells. I was pleasantly surprised to see the hive still contained a large number of bees. The old queen that left with the swarm was 3 years old and needed to be replaced. The bees did all the work requeening, as it should bee.
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