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Hi all,
In a conversation last night with some beekeeping friends, we were
talking about this year's swarming (_Heavy_ -- Some of my colonies with
new queens just eight weeks old are preparing again to swarm!). We got
on to how we should decrease the number of stocks after our artificial
swarms, swarm capturing and so on. Everyone admitted some difficulty
with this, particularly in high season -- all the books tell you how to
make increase but none seem to give much advice about restoring the
status quo.
There are lots of people out there who must have dealt with this to a
greater or lesser extent already. What are your preferred methods
please?
I reckon our little group here are about to start experimenting with
uniting large colonies in mid season. For the record, I personally
expect to use the newspaper method to do the uniting with the queen in
the lower brood box below a QX (maybe I need a drone exit?), give the
brood time to hatch and then move the upper box above the cover board
where I hope it will be cleaned of stores.
My guess is that this will stay as a thread on the newsgroup/list as it
may be of wide interest. However, if you think I'm wrong please say so
on the list and ask people to mail me directly. I will then summarise
and post a result. I'm away for a couple of days now so I can't answer
directly for a while.
Thanks in advance,
--
Gordon Scott [log in to unmask] 100332,3310 on CompuServe
Newsletter [log in to unmask] ditto
Beekeeper, Kendo Sandan, sometime sailor.
Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG22 5HP, UK
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