On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 09:37:00 -0500 Lloyd Spear <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
> Unfortunately, Garrett, you are wrong.  >
it will also cause all the drones to be kept in
> the
> hive.  This seems to demoralize the hive to the extent that they
> stop
> collecting nectar.  Then drones start to die, and decompose, and
> stink...
You are right I am wrong.  I had not thought of it from that angle.  I
have done this in the past in an emergency with a hive that was
determined to swarm.  I do agree that good beekeeping practices are the
best way to control swarming, but I find with my lack of experience that
at times I manipulate the hive wrong and send them on a swarming rampage.
 This was supposedly my backup plan.  I am once again the victim of my
own mistakes =)

Garrett Martin
Willets Lake Apiaries
Nappanee, IN USA

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