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Vince Coppola <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 5 May 1996 20:47:02 -0400
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On Sun, 5 May 1996, Ted Wout wrote:
 
> A beekeeper friend, who is largely responsible for getting me into this
> hobby, has had something happen to him this year that has only happened
> to him once before.  In eight years of beekeeping he has had only one
> swarm that he has hived abscond a few days later.  This year he has had
> three hived swarms abscond within a few days of hiving.
>
        Usualy they do not abscond when hived with drawn comb and honey.
But I have noticed this happens some years. When this is a problem its
common practice to hive the swarm as usual and give the swarm a comb of
open brood from one of your colonies. This will hold them most of the time.

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