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Marc Studebaker <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 2 Jun 2004 18:18:49 -0500
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> I am a newbie beekeeper trying to convince a hive to stay where they
> are.
The one hive is turning out to be quite a job all by itself!  >
> Carol Brooke


Carol, try taking four frames of capped brood and trading them with four
empty frames from your split.  Make sure to keep the queens in the hive they
belong in, and again remove any queen cells. Hopefully these empty frames
with reduce their urge to swarm.
marc studebaker

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