a Mike S snip followed by > my comments..
As a small scale operator wanting to expand I would disagree with this for the following reason. I would use the swarm cells to expand the number of nucs that I have on hand.
> There is a long list of reason for a hive to create swarm cells and all of them do not lead to swarming. A number of the so called 'reasons' for swarming are about management which suggest to me you cannot accomplish much by selecting against swarming.
> Personally I think your approach is much more practical than 'joisting with windmills'.
Gene in Central Texas and yes the heat is on...
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