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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Rehived absconded package, and this happened ..
« Last post by Michael Bush on Today at 12:23:27 pm »Poor quality queens are a major issue.
When bees move into A large space, they only have to protect the areas that have drawn comb. If you add a lot of drawn comb to a small hive, they have to waste too many bees to protect it and it seriously slows them down.If that's the case, then the space shouldn't be an issue for this colony, since, if I understand correctly, they have no comb at all right now. It seems to me like what they need is to just get drawing.
In most States, you have a right to reasonable use of water that flows through or is under your property ... apparently not in Oregon?
Do you believe they're all wrong?