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Re: Swarm
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"Wayne F. Young" <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 16 Aug 2002 13:57:34 -0400
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At 07:09 PM 8/15/02 -0700, you wrote:
>  Mick, I keep a queen excluder under my hive during swarm season and
> if/when they swarm they self-retrieve when they find they don't have a
> queen with them.  If someone was watching, they would look just like you
> described.  Dan
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Hi Dan,

Since you must have vent holes in your bodies,and supers,do you place a
wire screen or something similar over the vent holes to keep the Queen from
escaping through them?

Wayne

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