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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Swarm Trap deadout/abscond
« Last post by beesnweeds on Today at 06:26:51 pm »Any other theories out there?When you catch a swarm its best to hive the bees as soon as possible and start feeding. The photo of the little piece of comb tells me they didnt have full honey stomachs and probably a smaller secondary swarm with a virgin queen. If the queen doesnt make it back from a mating flight the population will crash, some of the bees may have made their way back to the original colony or just starved.