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David Eyre <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 16 May 1996 15:56:02 -0400
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 "Laura A. Downey" <[log in to unmask]> wrote
 
>   As to what may have happened in one of my hives, do you think my bees
>were more likely to be superceding their queen or did they really have the
>impulse to swarm?  I thought there was a way to tell by the location of the
>queen cells - if the cells are in the center of the frames, it is a
>supercedure, if the cells are on the bottom of the frames, then it is a
>swarm impulse.
 
You are correct.
         While we are discussing swarm control in all it's facets nobody has
mentioned what I consider to be the easiest check. On the hive examination
'look for eggs' a hive will not swarm leaving open brood.
        So.. subject to timing ie. how old the open brood or eggs are helps
to determine if and when that hive will swarm.
        If you don't find eggs, then you're probably too late. In that case,
make a false swarm and split, unless of course you want to give your bees to
a neighbour!!
 
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