Hello,

I know many here are big on the brood break 
theory for varroa control.

This is in refrence to early prime swarms
with old queen.

Prior to varroa crash here in Pa 95-96 and 
till about 07 or so.  I tended to remove 
more ferals 10 to 20 days into colony iniation
which produced brood up front, and would 
have a fair amount of capped brood by 
the 10th day.  -Colony focus on broodrearing.

I am seeing more and more ferals from 
cutouts about 10 days into colony iniation
which focus on nectar gathering up-front,
and at 10 to 15 days, only a very small 
patch of eggs can be seen. 

I think this might perhaps be expected 
with casts,but not with prime swarms.

I find this strange, and not sure what to
make of it, and wondered if any persons
doing early season cutouts have observed
behavior like this.

This adds a degree of difculty to early 
cutouts if the queen runs deep into 
the strucure, you are troubled to find
brood to bait her out.

Best Wishes,
Joe Waggle
SW PA

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