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Offline rober

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another august swarm
« on: September 01, 2016, 09:11:10 pm »
walked down to my back fence line to see what my redbone was up to early this morning  & noticed a swarm in a peach tree.  checked all the hives & none had absconded so it was a swarm. shook them into a box & hauled them to another yard & put them into a nuc. with calls included this is the 4th swarm I know of in the last week.
 
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Re: another august swarm
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2016, 10:36:05 pm »
Any idea why there are so many late season swarms this year? Rainfall?
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Re: another august swarm
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2016, 06:48:54 am »
not a clue. same thing happened last year but I believe most of last years swarms were hives that had absconded. 2 of my strongest hives absconded last September. the most obvious effects of this years wet weather was an increase in shb populations & smaller honey crops.
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