Rural Gardening: Caught a Swarm in August, 1 by Krittergarden
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Krittergarden wrote: Hi Swede - I'm a beekeeper in Florida so can't imagine how your bee's survive your winters, here in the panhandle we try to leave at least one super just to get through our winters - I would encourage you to combine your swarm hive with a stronger hive then split in the spring - always mix a strong with a weak and I think you'll have more success with sugar patties rather than syrup bee's can work it better - beesource.org is a good forum for us to gather info, check it out thanks, lisa |