Usurpation: A Colony Taken Over by a Foreign Swarm
Posted May 1, 2019
Usurpation: A Colony Taken Over by a Foreign Swarm
After the spring nectar flow and swarming have passed, the weather conditions become hotter and drier as summer arrives. During this time, I watch for usurpation swarms. A usurpation swarm is typically a small summer swarm that invades even a numerically strong queen-right colony. The mother queen of the colony is eliminated and replaced by …
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