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Re: Keeping a colony in a nuc year round.
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Mike Stoops <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:29:54 -0700
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"[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:  >>...any reason why you would need to restrict swarming.

>>>Losing bees in swarming in apitherapy is no issue. What I did not mention is that the couple lives in one of the 5 boroughs of NYC where beekeeping is discouraged and neighbors can get upset over swarming bees or just seeing bees period.


[[[To thwart buildup in the spring you might restrict the bees egress to maybe one day in three.  That would really slow down buildup and with a nuc, probably stop any swarming tendencies.  Just an idea.   
  Mike in LA


 
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