On 31 Mar 99, at 22:19, P-O Gustafsson wrote:

> I have 2-3% swarming now. I don't need to bother about it, and can
> keep large productive colonies. Now and then there is a hive that is
> faster to build up than the rest and get so crowded they start making
> cells. If I give them more room, one or two more supers, they tear down
> the cells themselves and go back to work again.

Good post with positive information. To often a keeper will add another super
and think he's given the bees more space, where in fact all he's done is
added another honey super. Big hives then fill it quickly and still swarm,
then the cry goes up 'I gave them more room'!



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