swarm-list Mailing List: Re: Swarm collection question

[Robin Chatham (angel2020connect]

Yes, i believe they already spread the word to the cluster to move on and you grabbed them but they were already in GO mode.

On Sat, Apr 12, 2025, 3:39 PM Jerry Przybylski via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:

After-Swarms often have multiple virgin
Primary swarms have the mother queen of the colony

-- Siri apologizes 4 autocomplete errors...

> On Apr 12, 2025, at 3:36 PM, Ray and Donna Busch via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:
>
> Hey Mike,
> No, I have never had or heard of a similar swarm experience as you have described. My guess is that the queen decided to move along and they followed.
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Apr 12, 2025, at 3:27 PM, mdadik via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:
>>
>> I collected a rather large swarm today, or at least I hope I did. Most went into a box but a good fraction started flying right away, took off and kept going until I could not follow any more.
>> Ever seen this happen? My thought is they were getting ready to move on when I arrived.
>>
>> Stragglers are fanning but not the type of march into the hive I am used to.
>>
>> Ever seen this before?
>> Mike
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