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Re: South Carolina Report: Swarmy
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Tim Arheit <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 15 Apr 2003 09:57:23 -0400
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At 05:50 AM 4/15/03 -0400, you wrote:
>Can you split anytime after you detect swarm cells? Will this stop them, or
>will you simply have 2 swarms instead of 1? Did I miss something here?

My experience has been mixed.  Sometimes it works, sometimes not.  Perhaps
its in the timing (catching it earlier may help), or maybe I just missed
swarm cell.
Last year, after finding several swarm cells in a particularly large hive,
I made 3 splits.  I though I got all the cells, yet the colony swarmed the
next day, and then again the following week.  Though making an artificial
swarm/split has worked at other times for me.

-Tim

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