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>Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 13:03:18 -0600
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>From:[log in to unmask] (Ed Levi)
>Subject:Re: comb honey
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>>> In one of Richard Taylor's books, he recommends crowding bees down
>>> into one brood chamber just before the honey flow, in order to get the
>>> maximum comb honey production. I've always kept two brood chambers for
>>> fear of swarming. Have any of you used his method? Any cautions?
>>>
>>> Thanks, bill mares c.v.u. high school, Hinesburg, Vt.
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>>As a large commercial producer of Ross Rounds, I always used that
>>(former) method. Yes, you will get swarms some of the time, but you will
>>always get lots of comb honey.
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>>Allen
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>Crowding or blocking the queen during a honey flow is something I learned
>while keeping bees in France. It makes lots of sense when you think about
>the fact that you want lots of bees duringr the flow and not necessarily
>afterwards. Also, consider that most of the honey and nectar that bees
>make is used to produce brood. By reducing the brood area, more surplus
>is produced. Of course, swarming risks rise with more crowding.
>
>Ed Levi
>couple hundred hives - 25 years of learning (& counting)
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