Suzanne turned up at 1.30pm to go through the swarmed hive just before she arrived i was out hanging up the washing and heard the bees - went down the end of the garden and there was another swarm the air was full of bees and there were loads of bees around the hive that we made up on Friday.
At first I thought the swarm had moved but when we got behind the hedge the swarms we collected yesterday were still there. There was another in the scrub.
So we called L to see if she wanted a swarm and she did so we got a box and a sheet and when back next door to collect another swarm.
Then we went through the garden hive and destroyed all the queen cells bar two - an heir and a spare to try and revent more cast swarms.
Now I am writing this I think it is likely we missed some of the queen cells in the new hive and I am tempted to go back and double check as I am sure the swarm came from there. They must have more than two queen cells.
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