On Sun, 5 May 1996, BusyKnight wrote: > >he has had only one > >swarm that he has hived abscond a few days later. > The best way to stop this is to give the newly > captured swarm a frame of larva. The bees will > not leave a hive with uncaped brood. The old > comb is not the cause to the problem. > > BusyKnight > Dallas, TX > [log in to unmask] > How about a little insurance, ---- put a queen excluder on the bottom board or cut one <excluder> up and place across the front entrance, at least this could keep the old gal in place for a day or two. Maynard [log in to unmask]