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Old 06-20-2022, 08:07 AM   #480
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I got a swarm this weekend and captured it a little different way than normal.


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I also went through my hives a little this weekend. I didn't do a deep dive, but found some of them aren't as strong as I'd like to see, and it looks like 2 of my splits are queenless and dying. I added the swarm above to one of those boxes, and I've got another swarm caught in a trap to replace the other.

As a rule of thumb, I really want to get the bees I'm going to get this year before July. The old timers say "A bee in July, ain't worth a fly". You're just not likely to get any honey out of bees you get this late and your goal is to build them up, keep them alive so they'll start strong next year. I've been adding honey supers(boxes of honey frames) and I'm hoping the dry weather will get them get out and pack in pounds and pounds of honey every day.

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