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Looks like I need a crash course on swarm prevention. Thanks.
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Only to a beekeeper.
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Yes I was worried about that. We have kept one of the swarms and will combine later in the year if one of the other hives looks weak...
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Good point. I catch just about every swarm and make a new colony but I see that I could get ahead of the curve and split them manually...
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Thanks. Good to know. For some reason I thought once a summer was the norm but that seems to be incorrect.
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I go in maybe 3 times a year on average. I do exclude from the super. I never take a whole super at once. Maybe 8 frames max.
Honey...
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Thanks.
Neither of the supers are anywhere near full so there is space. I could always put another one on I guess.
So if I have...
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Looking for reassurance more than anything else I think.
I have 2 colonies in my north devon garden. Last year one of them swarmed 3...
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