jezd
Drone Bee
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ok, so swarming season is going a little mad in this area and its hard to keep up with kit, it occurred to me that on spotting swarm QC's you could remove the queen with a few attendants to give you some breathing space at least until the first queen emerges - ie no queen = no swarm
Just wanted to bounce this of others, so by doing this it allows you to prep kit and gives you an extra 5-6 days to sort (must sort before first V queen emerges) - you still have the old queen caged up and being fed at home. It also give you an extra 5-6 days of emerging bees to add to the AS that you will do once you are ready kit/setup.
Just been doing a site with 12 hives, first 4 checked all needed full AS, 8 more to do in the morning and odds are there will be more.....crazy
JD
PS yes they all had room with space in supers, single brood setup mind
Just wanted to bounce this of others, so by doing this it allows you to prep kit and gives you an extra 5-6 days to sort (must sort before first V queen emerges) - you still have the old queen caged up and being fed at home. It also give you an extra 5-6 days of emerging bees to add to the AS that you will do once you are ready kit/setup.
Just been doing a site with 12 hives, first 4 checked all needed full AS, 8 more to do in the morning and odds are there will be more.....crazy
JD
PS yes they all had room with space in supers, single brood setup mind
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