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Offline spafmagic

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Bearding? or prepping to swarm?
« on: May 15, 2020, 04:19:47 pm »
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Bearding? or prepping to swarm?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSFNJ-ScyiE&feature=youtu.be
« Last Edit: May 15, 2020, 05:43:39 pm by spafmagic »
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Offline iddee

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Re: Bearding? or prepping to swarm?
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2020, 05:18:14 pm »
Bearding
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Re: Bearding? or prepping to swarm?
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2020, 05:49:34 pm »
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Offline JurassicApiary

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Re: Bearding? or prepping to swarm?
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2020, 06:32:33 pm »
Agreed, bearding.
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Re: Bearding? or prepping to swarm?
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2020, 10:51:29 pm »


Last summer bearding.
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Re: Bearding? or prepping to swarm?
« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2020, 12:58:56 pm »
Ok... so, with time's passing, more of them are covering the surface of the face of the hive, should I add a box? or wait until spring flow is done? By then, I'll likely have 4 capped frames of honey I could spare for them to draw wax with.
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Re: Bearding? or prepping to swarm?
« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2020, 01:02:40 pm »
Number of bees doesn't matter. It's the empty space they have that makes you decide when to add a box. If 80% of frames are full of brood and food, add a box.
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