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briandmyers  ·  4450 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Bees installed!

Healthy hives usually want to swarm in the spring. When it occurs, the bees raise several new queens, then just before they hatch, the old queen leaves with (usually) about half the colony. They alight very near the old hive and cluster until they decide where to go. This tree was right next to the parent hive - 10 feet away. It's the hive of the father of a friend of mine. Got this one because she knew I was looking for one.