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Re: Population Exploding in Hives
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Mike S <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:05:23 -0800
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>>>   had one hive with 6 honey supers and the 3 hives next to it only made 2
boxes ...

Have you considered the placement of the one booming hive?  Is it at the end of a row of hives?  Was that the case in the other occasions you've observed?  A consideration: field bees from the other hives are drifting down the line and ending up in the booming hives.

Mike in LA

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