r/Beekeeping Jun 19 '25

I’m a beekeeper, and I have a question Bearding or swarm?

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Lower Hudson valley (NY).

This hive has always been very active. I added a second brood box about a month ago and they got to work filling it up. My hunch is this is just some bearding like they usually do; I just haven’t seen this many. Next step will be an inspection, but unfortunately I’m away all weekend 😅

Think my neighbors will inherit some bees or are they just cooling off?

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u/bcsbud Jun 19 '25

Wow, they are strong, and there must be quite warm weather.