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Until yesterday (April 18th) I've had said NO. After all, the old rhyme says, 'A swarm of bees in May, is worth a load of hay', and nothing rhymes with April!! However, yesterday our Carniolan queen swarmed with a few thousand bees here in central France. Caught us really by surprise. Normally bees only swarm when the brood nest is crowded and there's plenty of honey. There were lots of bees left in the hive but only three combs of honey, so perhaps they are expecting a good summer. It's interesting that after a warm sunny day yesterday, today is wet and cool. Somehow the bees know that the weather is about to change so often swarm just before it breaks.

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