>
> >You should completely obliterate any sign a hive was at the old site,
> that forces the bees to go looking for it.


I do the same.  I make a point of not leaving ANY piece of the old hive,
any wood, any hive stand, etc at the old site.  If you even set your smoker
down at the old site for a few minutes, the returning foragers will cluster
on it.


-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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