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> >I haven't had a hive swarm in my home apiary in decades.


You've clearly put a spell over your bees, Pete!
We split all of our hives every spring, which greatly reduces swarming, but
doesn't eliminate it by a far cry.
I've seen plenty of colonies swarm in double Langstroth hives, with a full
box of drawn comb below the cluster.
I've seen plenty of 5-frame nucs placed into full deeps with foundation
swarm--fewer when given drawn comb (as we nearly always do).
Some seasons the swarming impulse is so strong that it's hard to talk the
bees out of it.


-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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