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Date: | Mon, 19 Apr 2021 12:03:33 -0600 |
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Sample size = 1, and not anything anyone should try at home. While
doing research on bait hives in southern Louisiana, a crunch situation
happened with too many swarms being captured and not enough time to
house them individually or give them away. During the peak of the
spring honey flow as swarms were captured they were added to a colony
that got progressively taller and taller just to hold the bees, easily
20 lbs of bees, likely more. Given a strong honey flow, large numbers
of bees, and a relatively small amount of brood from one or two queens
in the bottom boxes, one would expect this unit to have collected a lot
of honey. Surprisingly, it stored very little. Not enough brood
pheromone for all the bees? Swarm bees not into honey collection but
nest building? Too little queen pheromone for so many bees? Bees too
crowded to work? The contrast between expectations and outcome was
quite remarkable.
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