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deemann1

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After you remove the queen nuc method of swarm control. How many qcs do use leave in hive
Just one
Two ..
If you were to leave them all and let the bees sort it out would they have a few cast swarms
 
We thought we had only left one, now we think it was more, we are already on our second cast, from what has been said on here and in books, the more QC's there are the more swarming you will get, or not as they do what they want!!
 
After you remove the queen nuc method of swarm control. How many qcs do use leave in hive
Just one

I don't leave any, just make sure they have a few eggs and small larvae to build emergency cells from, then a week later destroy all of them and give them one frame with a few eggs larvae in so they can build more emergency cells, then destroy all of them... and give them back a clipped mated queen.
 

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