>But my bees stopped swarming/absconding when I housel positioned by  the way
 
Dee, I used housel positioning on my cut comb supers this year with great  
success--the bees did seem to draw them more uniformly and fill them  faster.  
However, I haven't seen swarms myself or heard reports  of swarms in our area 
this spring from our bee club members.  I  attribute this to a very dry spring 
and good weather.  Do your bees fail to  swarm even in ideal swarming 
conditions with the housel positioning?  I  understand you have had six or seven years 
of extreme drought conditions in your  area.
 
Jerry Wallace
Atlanta, GA




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