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> From: Paul Cronshaw, D.C. <[log in to unmask]>
> Welcome to the world of BEE-REMOVAL.
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> Of your 3 choices I would opt for the first one - the cone/bait hive
> technique. I have done a number of this form of bee removals over the
> years. They are surprisingly effective and a means to increase a nuc
hive
> quicky due to 2 laying queens. Problem is that it leaves a dead colony
Ok, Thanks Paul and others. One more question: when using the bait/cone
method, do you include a queen with the frame or frames of brood, and how
many frames also?
Thanks,
Ian Watson [log in to unmask]
St. Catharines, Canada (near Niagara Falls)
real estate agent gardener homebrewer baritone
beekeeper--> 5 colonies, 5 nucs on order