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> Will anyone else back up the assertion that washboarding is indicative of
> swarming? As far as 3 steps forward, 3 step backwards, is that a dance
> specific to Florida? I think the New York style is three steps forward,
> three backwards, and then a quick cha, cha, cha to the left!
I can add only this:
I started two colonies from nucs last year and saw plenty of washboarding
during the summer. I did not have any swarming, nor any swarm cells.
That doesn't mean that washboarding couldn't be a precursor to swarming of
course, and the washboarding that I observed was pretty much every bee for
herself, not line dancing.
Frank.
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The very act of seeking sets something in motion to meet us;
something in the universe, or in the unconscious responds as if
to an invitation. - Jean Shinoda Bolen
http://WWW.BlessedBee.ca
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