# Flow hive success in Northeast US (with bee survival?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Flow Hive\ **Created:** [June 6, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hive-success-in-northeast-us-with-bee-survival/11520 "2017-06-06T01:34:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
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> [@jzelenka](#): > > Have you ever found them bolting instead of using the Flow for storage space? Thoughts on managing that balance of space so they don’t think of swarming? Several people seem to have observed this. I think it is more likely to happen if you have not put wax (burr comb, or melted wax) onto the plastic frames. They don’t really smell like a hive to bees, as there are no bee pheromones on them. If you just splodge a few blobs of burr comb from an inspection onto the Flow frame faces, it encourages the bees to treat them like part of the hive. > [@jzelenka](#): > > Curious if the type of bee has something to do with this. Carniolan bees are also known as Swarmiolans. 😄 However, it looks like Russians and Africans are very swarmy too: > [@Types of queens](http://forum.honeyflow.com/t/types-of-queens/6567/3): > > @Martydallas Marty This is a chart of bee types - 90% of bees are mongrel mixtures unless they come from a speciality bee breeder who can guarantee the pure line of the bees they offer. Unless artificially inseminated with specific Drone seaman or bred on a closed community/island then most bees are mixed --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hive-success-in-northeast-us-with-bee-survival/11520)._