JerryB in "A natural, non-treatment solution" thread


"3) when a colony swarms, we've seen time after time a major temperature
spike inside the colony just as the swarm is about to and during the
process of leaving.  The temperatures comes down after the swarm has left
and the parent colony has time to settle down, re-organize, and resume
thermoregulation.  That heat spike is an acute incident - and since varroa
is known to be somewhat susceptible to elevated hive temperatures, I
suspect that the heat spike may actually serve a purpose in killing off a
portion of the varroa remaining in the parent colony."


How can we make a colony swarm without loosing the swarm? I mean, can we
think on a managment practice that can accomplish that heat spike of the
swarm without actually loosing the bees?

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