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Re: Will a walk away split with swarm cells still swarm?
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randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 13 May 2017 15:24:47 -0700
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> >The question is directed at a colony that has swarms cells and is split
> just before the swarm. Will the bees swarm or will they, being queenless
> because of the split, not swarm?
>

Mark Winston's research indicates that if the queenless split contains more
than one queen cell, that a percentage of them will swarm when those cells
emerge.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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