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Re: How common for swarms to move into empty hives?
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DARN <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 6 Jul 2017 14:11:05 -0600
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I have found that swarms tend to pick piles of empty boxes at least four 
high to settle into. I have (too many) dead outs that are two boxes high and 
they never pick them, even though they have drawn comb and a nice bottom 
board with an entrance reducer. All they seem to care about is that it be at 
least 3 feet high with a very small entrance hole - much like the old rotten 
trees they have lived in for several million years...



Best regards,

Donald Aitken

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