More swarm control - opening the brood nest

You never know Cathie, you might catch a swarm or two. I wouldn’t like my chances up here. The phone has been very quiet in the swarm department. I got a call about one the other day, I grabbed it.

You’ll do fine Cathie, you are picking things up quickly.

PS, I just woke up to the fact that you could have put the swarm lures out in case your own hive swarms. As long as you are removing brood & giving them more work to do & in particular looking out for queen cells, your lures wont be needed for your own bees. Remember it takes around 2 weeks for a colony to prepare to swarm. Also when I remove brood frames, I select the frames with the most sealed & hatching brood.

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