swarming

Definition

Swarming is a reproductive process in honey bee colonies in which the queen bee leaves the colony along with some of the worker bees to establish a new nest elsewhere, whilst the remaining worker bees and drone bees stay behind in the old nest with one or more unmated queens.

Creator: Michael Rubinigg
Properties

Label

swarming

EUPH Code (UID)

[37]

EUPH IRI

https://app.pollinatorhub.eu/vocabulary/classes/37

Descriptor

n/a

This class is part of the ontology

Created

2023-01-23

Updated

2026-04-25
Contributors

Class

Author: Michael Rubinigg

Definition

Author: Michael Rubinigg

Translation

Authors: Michael Rubinigg

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Dutch; Flemish

zwermen

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English

swarming

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French

essaimer

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German

schwärmen

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Italian

sciamare

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