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Re: August Swarm
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Bob Darrell <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 30 Aug 2013 11:14:32 -0400
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On 30-Aug-13, at 7:03 AM, Little Wolf Apiaries -our bees get all the  
attraction wrote:

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> in my books any swarm regardless of time of year deserves to live.


Hi All

You know the ditty(swarm in May etc).  Extended to late August early  
September that swarm and the source hive can only be remembered as  
neither is likely to survive our winter.  Many beekeepers here pull  
their honey supers before the goldenrod flow and the bees pack the  
brood chamber to the gills.  These hives, in my experience, are prone  
to swarm.  Goldenrod is our strongest flow, albeit short,  with 20#  
days not uncommon.

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W(40 miles north of Walter)

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