Thanks also for your reply MasterBK.
I've read in many online tutorials for Demareeing that it should be repeated in 9/10 days time to completely suppress the hive's urge to swarm so that would be consistent with what you recommend.
A fellow beekeeper also advised me earlier in the season...
Thanks for your reply Leigh.
Do you have both brood boxes directly one on top of the other at the bottom with a QE over the topmost one?
I've heard clipping a wing on the queen is recommended but I don't feel confident enough to do this. When the clipped Queen leaves the hive in a swarm and...
Hi
I would value some advice anyone may have regarding a secondary concern arising from employing the Demeree methods of swarm control.
Following the Demeree method I successfully prevent swarming by following all the well documented steps involved - essentially moving the original brood box...
