{"id":1278,"date":"2020-09-11T09:19:53","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T09:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/?p=1278"},"modified":"2023-01-16T18:24:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T18:24:43","slug":"what-happened-after-the-swarm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/what-happened-after-the-swarm\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened after the swarm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1320 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2578-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"image showing a frame of bees which queen cells \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2578-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2578-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2578-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2578-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2578-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The brown hive girls swarmed at 11.00 a.m. on a hot sunny day.\u00a0 Looking back, they&#8217;d been warning me of their imminent departure in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/the-day-the-bees-left\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">number of ways<\/a>. There&#8217;d been the presence of queen cells, sudden increase in capped brood, post-swarm flying activity, and a frenzy of excitement just before they left. I missed the significance of every one of these signs.<\/p>\n<p>The swarm created great excitement on the allotment, although it was hard to tell if the descriptions were accurate or exaggerated for dramatic effect. After all, allotmenteering is a relatively uneventful occupation. I was just wishing I&#8217;d seen them. It felt doubly dire to lose half a colony in only five weeks, never mind missing what everyone seemed to agree was an amazing sight.<\/p>\n<p>My knowledge of swarming was limited, but I expected the bees to head towards the trees bordering the allotments. Here they&#8217;d cluster and hang for a day or so to recuperate and decide the final destination. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1330 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/neglected-plots-3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"image showing a neglected area of the allotment site with trees in the background \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/neglected-plots-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/neglected-plots-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/neglected-plots-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/neglected-plots-3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/neglected-plots-3.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I began a swarm search, with a number of volunteers, who seemed more concerned about the state of the bees than any state I was in! It was as if the bees belonged to the allotment community and everyone wanted to be reassured they were okay. My fellow plotters had lots of questions. I could answer the ones about clustering and hanging but made a huge mistake with regard to sound because I thought we&#8217;d be able to hear them.<\/p>\n<p>Bees are rarely quiet. Whether it&#8217;s the soft buzz of a happy hive, the excitement of a thousand bees flying around the apiary on a sunny day, or a sharper fizz when they get annoyed, they&#8217;re always making a sound. I thought my primary weapon of detection was my ears, but this was wrong. A resting swarm of bees is silent. It makes sense. Why would they attract a predator, or give an upset beekeeper a clue to their whereabouts?<\/p>\n<p>With no sign of them, that day and the next, I eventually admitted defeat. The bees had gone.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1309\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1309\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1309 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2437-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"image shows a frame full of bees the day before the swarm \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2437-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2437-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2437-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2437-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2437-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photograph showing a typical frame full of bees, taken the day before the swarm<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">An inspection of the brown hive <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">revealed more clues. Although I&#8217;d taken out a large queen cell the day before, I&#8217;d missed several others. It hadn&#8217;t occurred to me to shake the bees off the frames for a closer look, mainly because I wasn&#8217;t thinking swarm-related thoughts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1310\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1310\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1310 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2441-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"image showing charged queen cells containing larvae but not yet capped on the base of a frame \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2441-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2441-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2441-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2441-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2441-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photograph showing the large queen cell taken out the day before the swarm<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There were play cups hanging from the bottom of a frame, alongside what might have been a capped queen cell, but it seemed small and wasn&#8217;t hanging down. It could have been an extra large dronebut didn&#8217;t match anything in the books, and I&#8217;m still not sure, so any suggestions would be welcome.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1312\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1312\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1312 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2485-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"image shwing a cluster of play cups at the base of a frame and an unidentified sealed cell\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2485-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2485-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2485-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2485-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2485-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photograph shows a cluster of play cups and a large single capped cell<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I also found charged queen cells. These contained larvae destined to be queens. They weren&#8217;t yet capped but were further evidence the bees were ready to go.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1313\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1313\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1313 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2492-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"image showing uncapped queen cells on a frame \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2492-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2492-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2492-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2492-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2492-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photograph showing charged and uncapped queen cells\u00a0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 50% of the colony left behind had to raise a new queen in order to survive. A few days later, I checked for development. The queen cells were now capped and looking healthy, so it was a case of closing up the hive and leaving them alone for several weeks, while the queen hatched, went on her mating flights and started laying eggs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1315 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/InkedIMG_2582-Copy_LI-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"image showing queen cells on a frame, partially obscured by bees \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/InkedIMG_2582-Copy_LI-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/InkedIMG_2582-Copy_LI-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/InkedIMG_2582-Copy_LI-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/InkedIMG_2582-Copy_LI-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/InkedIMG_2582-Copy_LI-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1314 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2576-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"image showing a single capped queen cell on a frame surrounded by bees \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2576-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2576-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2576-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2576-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2576-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I had so many questions.<\/p>\n<p>How many queen cells should I leave in the hive? (<em>I left all of them but opinion is divided and there&#8217;ll be a blog post about <\/em><em>this later in the year<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>When will the queen hatch? <em>(@8 days after capping, but you can&#8217;t be exactly sure when capping took place)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>How long before she gets mated? (<em>@2 days after hatching, and there might be several mating flights over a number of days)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When does she start laying eggs? <em>(@2-3 days after her last mating flight, but you can&#8217;t be sure when this was)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, it&#8217;s not an exact science, but the calculations must be right.<\/p>\n<p>If you return to the hive too soon,\u00a0 there&#8217;s a risk the queen could be damaged. She might be out on a mating flight, and not come back because of your presence, or you could, heaven forbid, dislodge and lose her while you&#8217;re inspecting the frames.<\/p>\n<p>If you leave it too long and, for whatever reason, she hasn&#8217;t hatched or come back from a mating flight, the hive (now queenless for some time) is at risk of dying out through lack of new brood.<\/p>\n<p>I used Wally Shaw&#8217;s free online guide titled <em><a href=\"https:\/\/wbka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/wbka-booklet-english-PDF.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">There are queen cells in my hive &#8211; what should I do? <\/a><\/em>and decided to leave them alone for 28 days.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1327\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1327\" style=\"width: 481px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/wally-shaw-queen-stages.png\" alt=\"image showing a draen representation of development of queen larvae from egg to emergence, by Wally Cross\" width=\"481\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/wally-shaw-queen-stages.png 595w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/wally-shaw-queen-stages-248x300.png 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1327\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Image showing the development of queen larvae from egg to emergence, by Wally Shaw<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;d only been a beekeeper for five weeks and after the swarm, my confidence levels were at rock bottom. Losing the bees felt like a failure, but with the pink hive also filling up, I knew I couldn&#8217;t risk it happening again. Once is a mistake, but twice is careless so the pressure was on.<\/p>\n<p>I prepared to do a split. This involved taking half of the frames (pink) and putting them in a third hive (green) to create more space. To do this, I needed to find the pink queen, but on the day of the split, there was no sign of her. Could it get any worse?<\/p>\n<p>The next post will cover the search for the pink queen, the split which failed and what happened next.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1326\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1326\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1326 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2549-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"image showing the apiary wit hthe pink and brown hives and additonal green hive \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2549-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2549-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2549-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2549-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_2549-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photograph showing the addition of the third green hive following the split<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The brown hive girls swarmed at 11.00 a.m. on a hot sunny day.\u00a0 Looking back, they&#8217;d been warning me of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10],"tags":[20,42,43,44,52],"class_list":["post-1278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bevbka-education","category-resources","tag-beginner-blog","tag-post-swarm","tag-queen-cells","tag-split","tag-wally-shaw"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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