[drwoland]

I think the thing I found most fascinating was the fact that the hives were small (~= 5000 bees) and had multiple queens, with one swarm having 9!

[lostlogin]

This is interesting. I recently had a hive with 2 queens that stayed that way for a few months. It’s very uncommon as usually the mother flies off with a swarm or the daughter kills her mother. It was late winter/early spring and persisted for about 3 months.