# Swarm...this early in Summer? Singapore

**URL:** <https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/swarm-this-early-in-summer-singapore/13779>\
**Category:** Swarms & Bee Catching\
**Created:** [January 3, 2018, 5:43am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/swarm-this-early-in-summer-singapore/13779 "2018-01-03T05:43:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dawn\_SD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/dawn_sd/32/15954_2.png) [@Dawn\_SD](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dawn_SD)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/swarm-this-early-in-summer-singapore/13779/13 "2018-01-04T09:52:06Z")

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> [@Olivier](#):
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> This seems to have occured at the same time we had a leak from the hive?

So it was an absconding then, not a swarm. 😊

> [@Olivier](#):
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> anybody else have a leak when havrvesting?

I haven’t, but lots of people have.

> [@Honey Flooding during extraction](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/honey-flooding-during-extraction/8170):
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> During extraction I am having a problem with honey flooding from the bottom of the frame (see pictures). I have read the forum and have not found an answer to this problem. I extract one frame at a time. I removed the flowhive box during the extraction process for demonstration purposes at a harvest party. I have lost a fair amount of honey which the bees are recovering. What is the solution to this problem. Is anyone else experiencing this problem? \<img src="[//cdck-file-uploads-g…](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/3/357509fbbc03ecdb8688c015e03f24790639d46a.jpg)

Your photo shows you harvesting from the front of the hive. Unless you re-tilted the hive, that means that your hive was tilted backwards, which is the wrong way round and can cause leaks. Your tube is also very full of honey. That can cause airlocks and force honey back into the hive. To avoid this, open the frame in 25% sections, waiting 10 to 20 mins before advancing the key to the next section. If you always make sure that there is air in the top of the Flow tube, you can minimize leaks. Here is a video of what I mean:

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/3X/6/6/660296015dfc3ef810fbb6712139d9f4c22ecc55.jpeg "First Flow Harvest") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD1-__YBkO4)

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