I am a new beekeeper of about 2 years and my daughter has been
keeping bees for about 5 years.  We checked her hive yesterday when I
was visiting her in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Though she had a lot of
bees flying in and out of the hive, they were evidently robbers
because when we opened the hive, there were no eggs, larva, or bees
working the frames.  There were some dead bees on the frames and a
lot of honey.

My question is when we get ready to install a new group of bees, how
can we stop the robbers to help the new bees get settled?

Thanks for any information, suggestions you may have.


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A. Paul Smarrella,  Director, Special Services
Albuquerque Technical- Vocational Institute
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Albuquerque, NM  87106
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