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- Location
- South Cheshire
- Hive Type
- Commercial
- Number of Hives
- Lots of Commercial hives.......
Having read quite a few articles on bee keeping during the earlier part of the last century and the later part of the 19th century it appears that a few generations ago many wise old 'beeks' didn't bother with any form of swarm control and just accepted that they'd lose a few during the earlier part of the season....either letting them go, capturing the culprits using bait boxes or perhaps recovering them from the branches or nearby trees if they were spotted.
I'm intrigued to know if anyone on here with any number of hives doesn't bother with swarm control or perhaps knows of any old hands in their area that still don't?
I'm intrigued to know if anyone on here with any number of hives doesn't bother with swarm control or perhaps knows of any old hands in their area that still don't?