I haven't posted here this year because I haven't been in my hives that much. I just know from last year that I was in the hives too often and probably messed things up by being so "proactive". So I've been decidedly hands off this season, probably to the detriment of my hives.
Today one of two things happened. 1) My bees did a dry run swarm to the top of a 60 foot tree and then back to the hive. 2) A rogue swarm found my hive and decided to rest there while looking for a new palace for their queen. After 12 hours, the bees are still there, and if they're still there in the morning I'm going to move them into a nuc until I can get more 8 frame mediums.
I have more pictures and video to post at a later time. Right now I need to get to sleep so I can get up early and deal with this turn of events.
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