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Allen Dick <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 14 Jan 2000 18:01:00 -0700
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> You can further reduce weight if you move the super separate. Just add
> it empty before the move and replace it with an empty one just before
> the removal.

Or, if you use excluders, you can just take the supers off -- bees & all, carry
them with you stacked on the truck and replace them on *any* hive after arrival.
The bees will get along just fine.  The queens are in the BCs.  And you equalize
a bit in the randomisation.

You may need a little smoke.

allen

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