"There has been a lot of talk about the negative effects of keeping bees in apiaries, especially large apiaries or ones where the hives are closely placed. The suggestion has been made that they do not do this in natural settings. ... We suggest that scouts from natural swarms are attracted to existing colonies by the presence of Nasonov pheromones ..."

As many of us know from experience, an empty hive in the midst of an apiary is a prime target for a house-hunting swarm exiting one of its neighboring "closely placed" hives.

Eugene Makovec
Foley Missouri USA

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