skydragon
House Bee
- Joined
- Jul 21, 2009
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- Location
- Pocklington, Yorks, UK
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- 4
Not a topic to be actually using right now in UK... but a good time of year to discuss and debate swarm control whilst we have these long dark nights and can sit back and think what works and what doesn't, the do-os and don'ts.
So... those with experience.
a) What do you do to try and prevent swarming as general 'bee management' methods (eg. OMF, larger BB, replacing Q every 2nd year, bee strain selection etc)?
b) Next April/May when you are doing an inspection on a hive and you first notice a sealed swarm cell on a frame...what do you do to prevent swarming and what do you expect to happen?
c) experiences of when methods have worked really well...or really badly
A healthy discussion on swarm control would I feel really asist alot of the members (inc me) and make sure we are all prepared for next spring ;-)
So... those with experience.
a) What do you do to try and prevent swarming as general 'bee management' methods (eg. OMF, larger BB, replacing Q every 2nd year, bee strain selection etc)?
b) Next April/May when you are doing an inspection on a hive and you first notice a sealed swarm cell on a frame...what do you do to prevent swarming and what do you expect to happen?
c) experiences of when methods have worked really well...or really badly
A healthy discussion on swarm control would I feel really asist alot of the members (inc me) and make sure we are all prepared for next spring ;-)