Hi Gareth,
I'm interested in your comment about combining.
Do you let the queens sort themselves out?
Liz.
On Sat, Jul 3, 2021, 14:14 Gareth John <gj.garethjohn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Of the 15 or so swarms I’ve handled this year, all have been on the small
side. I usually get the occasional whopper, but not this year. So much so
that I have been combining them when hived, two and sometimes three swarms
to a hive.
Gareth
On 3 Jul 2021, at 10:43, Andrew Bax (Redacted sender "andrew.bax" for
DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It may be my imagination but all five of the swarms I have collected so
far seem to have been smaller than in previous years. Andrew