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Re: Swarm
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dan hendricks <[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, 17 Aug 2002 14:46:44 -0700
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Wayne said: "Since you must have vent holes in your bodies,and supers,do you place
a
wire screen or something similar over the vent holes to keep the
Queen from
escaping through them?"

Wayne, when I have a queen excluder under my hive to force swarms to self-retrieve, I am careful to have no other openings available.  Are you wondering about drone escapes?  My sytem traps the drones in the hive.  Moreover, when I inspect the hive, I wait until it is too late in the day for the bees to think of swarming while the hive is open.   Dan





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