Ivor Kemp
House Bee
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- Location
- Poole, Dorset
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 4
In January I attended a talk by a local South West Bee Inspector who said, if you were going on a one or two week holiday, to prevent swarming, pin a strip of Queen Excluder mesh or position a whole Queen Excluder over the entrance to the hive and leave until you return.
Obviously the principle is that the old queen cannot leave and this will prevent the colony swarming.
Given the talk of the possibility of April swarms on other threads on this forum and that I am going on hols for ten days from Sunday, I wondered what other people thought of this idea.
Many thanks.
Obviously the principle is that the old queen cannot leave and this will prevent the colony swarming.
Given the talk of the possibility of April swarms on other threads on this forum and that I am going on hols for ten days from Sunday, I wondered what other people thought of this idea.
Many thanks.
