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Date: | Sat, 12 Jul 1997 10:26:40 -0700 |
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Betty's statement is generally true, but there are rare exceptions.
This year I've hived 42 swarms and 2 of them settled into the box nicely the first
day, only to abscond hours later the same day, or the next day. In one case I
put them back in the same box and then they stayed. The other one took off across the countryside and I lost track of it when it crossed a creek. In both cases, the queen was in the box.
A frame of brood in all stages of development will generally keep a swarm in a box even if they don't particularly like it. Problem is, I don't always have a spare frame of brood handy when hiving a swarm.
If a swarm does not immediately leave the hive box, it has adopted it as a
new home. If the queen has not entered, the entire swarm will leave again
within 5 minutes.
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