>Should I be concerned with the
>hive being too crowded and initiating swarming?  Should I pull some of the
>frames and replace with empty ones?  I plan to split the hives later this
>spring.

 Glenn Hile


Too soon to worry about a honeybound nest.  Wait until your hives start
brooding up, and then atleast you can do something about it without hurting
the colony.  I would wait until you unwrap, if you wrap, or when the bees
start bringing in pollen.  Then relieve some of the conjestion, and save it
for your splits.  Dont worry about swarming until your well into your
dandilion flow, that would be a good time to split your hive if necessary...

Ian

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