Bees Left Behind After A Swarm

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Often when bees abscond or swarm from a resting site, we find bees left behind after a swarm.

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A Beehive Swarms and Absconds

Bees can decide that there is something that poses a threat to their hive and can make a decision to abscond.

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Somebody Migrates A Hive

Bees left behind after a swarm is moved are another common occurrence.  

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Sometimes if a swarm is moving towards a very strong honey flow, you will find that the bees will land on a tree or a bush.

3.  A Swarm Gets Over Excited and Leaves Before The Scouts and Workers Are All Back

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What Happens To Abandoned Bees?

Different races of bees have differing levels of creativity with regard to finding a hive to live in. 

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I have seen that with other races of bees, the ability of other hives to accept bees is a bit less. With Apis mellifera scutellata as an example, drifting bees from other hives and bees that try to join a hive when they get lost will often be killed. 

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