Method of prevent swarming "Castling"

[Ukrainian beekeeper]

What is required is an effective and reliable method of preventing or controlling swarming that doesn't adversely impact too much on honey production. I don't think the above meets this.

Of course you're right. This method is used in extreme cases when the queen stopped laying eggs and the colony can gather to fly out at any minute.

This can happen in beginners or in the absence of control

 

[Ukrainian beekeeper]

Cut the tip of one wing of the queen (1/3) and swarms returns to home after half an hour.

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Father used this method a couple of times.
The queen left the hive and fell to the ground.Swarm returned in hive and were without queen. To get a new queen needs about 16 days.It will take a long time until the new queen starts laying eggs.
If use our method You will not lose so much time. The old queen will resume laying eggs much earlier

 

[Ukrainian beekeeper]

It is important to stop swarming fever and then arrange things so that the queen continues laying with full speed and produces workers.

Do not isolate laying queen!!!!

Make a new hive onto old place. Put there foundations, one brood frame and a food frame and the queen.

Bees fly to the old place. They think that they have swarmed and they start to draw combs. In 3 days swarming fever is gone an queen continues laying with full speed.

Then handle the brood part of the hive, and when the swarming fever in that hive is gone, join it to the Foundation hive to get yield.
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In this method we do not isolate laying queen. We set the frame with the queen to another place, so as not to lose it during manipulations.
When we use this method The queen does not lay eggs already, because for swarming queen must to stop laying eggs.
We use this method when queen does not lay eggs and swarm gather to fly out.

 

[Ukrainian beekeeper]

Difference in many countries is that the honey flows, when you get the yield from nature, is narrow. The hives must be ready to hit on pastures in proper time and catch the yield. Those Windows are often narrow even if summer is long.

50% of Ukrainian honey crop is from sunflower. 15% is from buckwheat. Such statistic I saw in internet.



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You are right about it.

 

[Ukrainian beekeeper]

Or do what my friend did. He left a queen excluder on by accident. The swarm left the hive and settled on a bush 10 yards away then returned to the hive that evening It did this for four days before he realised his mistake.
He is 80+ years of age so a little forgetful

Yes, without queen bees would not fly away, after all need to put open brood in the hive and weaken the colony, taking the bees from the hive

 

[Ukrainian beekeeper]

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