Waldemar:
It's most surprising they don't feel the urge to reproduce
in good cicumstances.

Reply:
aaah..........used to be written that good queens lasted
3-5 years.....

as for rest written...........if revisited now with proper
positioning......Would it differ??? 

I am tending to start to think so! For full hives don't
automatically swarm, they simply shut down, relax, and why
leave food, and shelter and security of a good home? But
then when leaving time does come, then do it and spread
your genes..but somehow it seems from older hives a few
years old and not newer ones needing to work and enjoy.

So how much swarming is problem solving then?

Respectfully submitted,

Dee A. Lusby
Small Cell Commercial Beekeeper
Moyza, Arizona
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/organicbeekeepers/

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