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Matthew Henry <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:59:05 -0400
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I have a stubborn bunch of lazy bees, let me tell you. They are festooning
all over the outside of the box, all of an inch thick on the front, and
wrapping around the sides at night. I have placed a bait nuc near by with
honey comb in it, which the bees are investigating and robbing. Crowding is
said to trigger swarms, so why will they not swarm? They have no room to
store the honey they are robbing! This has been going on for many weeks.
It's rather embarrasing. When it rains, they get soaked and some die. The
returning foragers have trouble digging their way through this mass of
bodies to get inside.

I am a novice breeder in Florida. Is there anything I can do to encourage
them to swarm, short of pulling the queen frame? I want this to be a natural
birth, not a caesarean section.

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