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Swarm of bees builds hive on a building. Swarming is the natural means of reproduction of honey bee colonies (considering the colony as the organism rather than individual bees which cannot survive alone), including the domesticated Western honey bee. In the process two or more colonies are created in place of the original single colony. It is considered good practice in beekeeping to reduce swarming as much as possible by several techniques, as allowing this form of reproduction often results in the loss of the more vigorous division, and the remaining colony being so depleted that it is unproductive for the season. Beekeepers control reproduction by making nucs (nucleus or starter colonies) or by shaking package bees (usually for sale) from hives in the spring prior to the natural swarm time.


New honey bee colonies are formed when queen bees leave the colony with a large group of worker bees, a process called swarming. The first or prime swarm generally goes with the old queen. As soon as the swarm is established as a new colony, the bees raise a new queen, or sometimes a replacement virgin queen is already present in the swarm. Afterswarms are usually smaller and are accompanied by one or more virgin queens. Sometimes a beehive will swarm in succession until it is almost totally depleted of workers.


Swarming is mainly a spring phenomenon, usually within a two- or three-week period, the usual period depending on the locale.

Swarm of bees builds hive on a building

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Keywords:	Wasp, Bee, Swarm of Insects, Honeycomb, Honey Bee, Honey, Beehive, apiary ...Show all keywords: 13 Pollination, Flying, Insect Nest, Animals And Pets, Insects Wrong keywords? Tell us
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Uploaded on:	03-20-09 © tbmpvideo
Source Codec:	NTSC: DV/DVCPRO NTSC
Length:	29.23 seconds
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