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Lighting a fire under a two-year old colony is an insane recommendation from whoever said that As for smoke bombs .... I wouldn't personally, I don't think it will work. They'll just come back when the smoke has stopped If you want them out, you need either pest control (not sure what they...

Had you opened up the entrance to the full width of the hive?

It does appear so, yes

Odd, works fine for me

Honey bees, as expected.

The article explains it. I know you don't believe what it says, which is fair enough - everyone is entitled to their beliefs

This discusses water dowsing (not energy line dowsing, which is what this thread is mostly about I think, and is a completely different kettle of fish - no one doubts that water exists underground, unlike energy lines) Is there any scientific evidence for dowsing? | BBC Science Focus Magazine...

No, you can't do that. I mean, you can try, but it will very rarely work. Certainly not in June, when the bees are in expansion mode anyway If you want frames cleared of honey, the only reliable place is at the bottom of the stack. Bees don't want honey there. But it's a vast amount of work for...

No. Bees want honey at the top of the hive, they don't move it down, and are not particularly bothered by having a crownboard with a hole in dividing the nest up

Same basic rules as for any scientific experiment. Find an area (perhaps a local park) that you have not personally known any swarms to arrive at (otherwise your findings risk being biased by prior knowledge)(this doesn't mean swarms haven't arrived there many times, just that perhaps you don't...

Same question three times now ;)

Anything in them?

Thanks! He's very successful so that's quite the compliment. Do you actually have bees yet, or just hanging around on here while you select the right plastic bottle to keep them in?

I tried, but I couldn't see them. Are they very small?

Yep, they're all programmed to swarm if possible

The tinfoil hat will protect you

Well, that's pretty definitive. I take it all back.

It happened when the RF frequencies from my phone messed with my head.

Confirmation bias - Wikipedia I have noticed that no-one ever seems to have done this dowsing stuff before they notice swarms arriving at a certain site. It's always afterwards .... and, magically, they then discover energy lines leading to that place.

Well, who knows, but either: a) they have decided to supersede her immediately - possible b) they have decided that the nuc isn't going to be large enough for them for very long, and have decided to swarm If you have eggs, which you do, I would be tempted to pull down those cells, give them...