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<blockquote data-quote="Alastair" data-source="post: 9237" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>If you mean checkerboarding of brood, that can be counterproductive. It has been found that before swarming the level of queen substance in the hive reduces, and this may be in part or in whole the reason for production of queen cells. Checkerboarding also reduces the level of queen substance to the checkerboarded frames.</p><p></p><p>Swarm control is different depending where you are, as a rough rule the further south, the easier. Some northern beekeepers don't even bother trying they just let it happen.</p><p></p><p>Your weak hive that swarmed, some hives will just go ahead regardless. It can be prevented but the work involved may be pretty intense. Now in my old age as I'm getting tired and lazy, I have a rough and dirty method for hives that I can see will swarm pretty much regardless. I kill or remove the queen, and just leave 2 of the swarm cells. That knocks swarming on the head for probably a good 6 weeks, and up here anyway, those hives will still go on to make a good crop.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alastair, post: 9237, member: 13"] If you mean checkerboarding of brood, that can be counterproductive. It has been found that before swarming the level of queen substance in the hive reduces, and this may be in part or in whole the reason for production of queen cells. Checkerboarding also reduces the level of queen substance to the checkerboarded frames. Swarm control is different depending where you are, as a rough rule the further south, the easier. Some northern beekeepers don't even bother trying they just let it happen. Your weak hive that swarmed, some hives will just go ahead regardless. It can be prevented but the work involved may be pretty intense. Now in my old age as I'm getting tired and lazy, I have a rough and dirty method for hives that I can see will swarm pretty much regardless. I kill or remove the queen, and just leave 2 of the swarm cells. That knocks swarming on the head for probably a good 6 weeks, and up here anyway, those hives will still go on to make a good crop. [/QUOTE]
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