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<blockquote data-quote="tristan" data-source="post: 7474" data-attributes="member: 30"><p>minimalistic is simply hands off as much as possible. </p><p>probably a bit of throw back to pre varroa days when it was common for beeks to run the likes of 1000 hives per beek.</p><p>even with varroa, as long as you got around them all with the strips, varroa wasn't a big problem.</p><p></p><p>swarming hasn't really changed since varroa came in. bees still do the same old stuff.</p><p>around here we have very temperamental spring honey flows which sets hives off into swarm mode.</p><p>these days we run less hives per beek, but spend more time looking after them. remember that two half strength hives do worse than a single full strength hive. so its in our interest to make sure they are all full strength.</p><p>this also pays off with other issues as weak hives always tend to suffer more disease. </p><p>and of course those strong hives can be split to make up for losses.</p><p>those booming hives that will simply swarm untill they are nothing, can get used to patch up other hives, or split for replacements.</p><p>there really is no good reason to let hives swarm.</p><p></p><p>one of the single most common problem with beginner beeks is understanding beehive size. many split half strength hives and wonder why they end up with dead hives. most will look at a weak hive and think its good. when you show them a good hive they are blown away.</p><p>you won't be good unless you know what good is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tristan, post: 7474, member: 30"] minimalistic is simply hands off as much as possible. probably a bit of throw back to pre varroa days when it was common for beeks to run the likes of 1000 hives per beek. even with varroa, as long as you got around them all with the strips, varroa wasn't a big problem. swarming hasn't really changed since varroa came in. bees still do the same old stuff. around here we have very temperamental spring honey flows which sets hives off into swarm mode. these days we run less hives per beek, but spend more time looking after them. remember that two half strength hives do worse than a single full strength hive. so its in our interest to make sure they are all full strength. this also pays off with other issues as weak hives always tend to suffer more disease. and of course those strong hives can be split to make up for losses. those booming hives that will simply swarm untill they are nothing, can get used to patch up other hives, or split for replacements. there really is no good reason to let hives swarm. one of the single most common problem with beginner beeks is understanding beehive size. many split half strength hives and wonder why they end up with dead hives. most will look at a weak hive and think its good. when you show them a good hive they are blown away. you won't be good unless you know what good is. [/QUOTE]
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