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What do I do if a swarm of bees turns up?

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A quick look just in case
The weather forecast for the next few days is bad and I have been fretting a bit about hive three.  We left a prime queen cell as I couldn't find the queen on the second look through on Saturday.  I...[more]

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Posted on Thursday 19 June 2008 - 18:30:08