I have a queenless cell raiser colony I set up just over 2 weeks ago by removing the queen. This has been brilliant at producing cells with about 40 queens already introduced to apideas and another 40+ in the pipeline. I went over early afternoon to graft another 20 into it and as I was approaching with the grafts I noticed it had a swarm in the air which settled 12 feet up a thorn tree just outside the apiary. I opened up expecting carnage as I had 15 sealed cells in the box ...
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