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"Jeffrey R. Tooker" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 19 May 1996 09:58:46 -0700
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Andy Nachbauerand and all:
 
I am concerned about my hive (1) swarming.  I only get up to it every
couple of weeks.  This is where I am at present.
 
I started with a four frame nuc.(new queen) in a deep body, with six frames of
foundation, and fed all the 1/1 syrup they would take (about a quart a
day).  In two weeks they were working hard on the tenth frame, so I put
on a ten frame super, no excluder.  The last I knew the bees were still
taking a lot of syrup and a lot of the bees were foraging and were coming
back with pollen that I could see.  There is no flow on now but the bees
seem to be doing O.K.  I am trying to get them built up by the first of
July when the star thistle flow should start.
 
It seems by what I read my best solution might be to split the hive then
recombine the two at the end of the year.  If yes then when and how?
 
All input appreciated.
 
Jeffrey

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