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>> From: Tony Vissian <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: supers
>> Date: Friday, February 14, 1997 8:37 AM
>>
>> What various reasons could there be for a swarm not building up in
>> the super's.
>> Is the swarm possibly too small ?
>> Thank you
>> Tony Vissian
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>Colony to small.
>Not enough young bees to secrete wax.
>No Nectar flow.
>And sometimes bees refuse to go through a queen excluder to get to bare
>foundation. if this is the case, remove the excluder until they have drawn
>some comb then put it back. They will almost always continue working in
>the super if they some comb above it.
>
>Frank & Phronsie Humphrey
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You might also try "baiting the super" by putting a few previously frames
up there to attract the bees.
Ed