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Offline Bakersdozen

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Re: Bee Heist.
« Reply #20 on: July 15, 2016, 08:32:45 pm »
I have seen branded frames.  That's OK, but easily hidden.  At least a branded frame can't be passed on in another nuc for sale.  apis is right.  Those nucs were stolen for the bees.  The wooden ware has probably already been burned. 
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Re: Bee Heist.
« Reply #21 on: July 16, 2016, 01:34:10 am »
The problem with branded frames is that they are in the hives hidden out of view and a person making nucs is most likely selling them also. Unless you know who stole the hives and can go through them with in a few weeks to identify them as yours. after a month they will be 5 out of 20 brood frames in a hive With a brand on them from a known nuc supplier. Unless there is special shades of color or numbers marking the queens Identifying the stolen bees becomes next to impossible.
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