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  • From: Blair Christian <blair.christian AT gmail.com>
  • To: ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [ocba] Afterswarms...
  • Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 14:11:12 -0400

Hi All- this is directed to Todd's earlier email,

I captured 2 swarms this year- one was 1.5-2 lbs (an afterswarm I
presume since there were no eggs 10 days later) and the other was a
primary swarm (4.4 lbs- mated queen).

Are there any rules of thumb for dealing with smaller afterswarms?
It's seemed real weak and the queen wasn't laying the last time I
checked. Are these two situations related or coincidence? Should I
expect them to get more focused/build more comb once she's mated and
laying? I'm just trying to get a feel for things based on my sample
size of 2...

Best,
Blair




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