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  • John Rhoton
Swarm Season

If your bees have not swarmed you either did a good job of management or you are very lucky. Swarming is a natural way for bees to increase their numbers. It can be controlled somewhat if you don't want more bees and a good honey crop.  You can do a controlled swarm on your bees by removing the old queen and about three frames of brood, one frame of honey and a frame of pollen and place them in a nuc and let the old hive raise a new queen. You can either keep the nuc to help boost a weak hive or sell it to another beekeeper. I hope everyone has a great honey crop and as many bees as they can manage.

  • John Rhoton

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