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<blockquote data-quote="JohnF" data-source="post: 12949" data-attributes="member: 233"><p>Basically referring to the sentiment echoed by Frazz of:</p><p></p><p></p><p>Other beekeepers I have spoken with have always been happy to use swarm cells.</p><p>I am not talking about interbreeding with carnis etc - I am talking about taking a swarm cell from a given hive and suggesting that this queen is more likely to swarm as a result. Genetically, its not going to happen ! Its like leaving hives without strips and saying any survivor this season is now varroa resistant !</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Our bees swarm a lot less - is because of genetics? Or because we are better at managing our bees due to increasingly commercial imperative that our hive *not* swarm (well, until recently anyway). Or another way of putting it, given the current market situation, might we expect to see more swarms among commercials this season?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JohnF, post: 12949, member: 233"] Basically referring to the sentiment echoed by Frazz of: Other beekeepers I have spoken with have always been happy to use swarm cells. I am not talking about interbreeding with carnis etc - I am talking about taking a swarm cell from a given hive and suggesting that this queen is more likely to swarm as a result. Genetically, its not going to happen ! Its like leaving hives without strips and saying any survivor this season is now varroa resistant ! Our bees swarm a lot less - is because of genetics? Or because we are better at managing our bees due to increasingly commercial imperative that our hive *not* swarm (well, until recently anyway). Or another way of putting it, given the current market situation, might we expect to see more swarms among commercials this season? [/QUOTE]
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