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> From: Tony Vissian <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: supers
> Date: Friday, February 14, 1997 8:37 AM
>
> What various reasons could there be for a swarm not building up in
> the super's.
> Is the swarm possibly too small ?
> Thank you
> Tony Vissian
 
Colony to small.
Not enough young bees to secrete wax.
No Nectar flow.
And sometimes bees refuse to go through a queen excluder to get to bare
foundation.  if this is the case, remove the excluder until they have drawn
some comb then put it back.  They will almost always continue working in
the super if they some comb above it.
 
Frank & Phronsie Humphrey
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