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
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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
 
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