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Subject:	Re: Induce Swarming
From:	Pete B <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Mon, 1 Feb 2021 09:50:52 -0500
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> Swarm prevention is one of big three unsolved problems in practical beekeeping as I see it.

I have kept bees since 1974 and I never had a "problem" with swarming. I worked with two different commercial beekeepers that year. The first one told me that cutting queen cells was a complete waste of time because if they have queen cells, it's already too late. 

I asked the second beekeeper "what do you do to prevent swarming?" He said, "nothing." This was not true, of course. Everything he did prevented swarming. It was second nature to him. The main thing is plenty of supers with used comb, put on before the bees get crowded. 

Most of this stuff was worked out by Charles Dadant by the 1870s. See: "Charles Dadant: A Bee Master’s Journey from France" in the January 2021 issue of the American Bee Journal.

PLB

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