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Greetings all,
Last fall, I had a bout with robbing, not from one of my own hives, but
a feral colony a distance away. What seemed to work the best was a
combination of tactics to stop it. First, I reduced the entrances of the
hives down to the point where only a single bee could get in. Next, I cut
several cedar branches and slightly hid the entrance. Lastly, I sprayed a
mist of water onto the front of the hives. This seemed to slow the problem
down a lot, and by the next day, it was over. It was not a pretty sight, and
there was a noticeable loss of bees in the affected hives. Clearly,
prevention is much easier than stopping it once it starts!
Scott
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