This Conversation originated in the Beekeeping Myths Thread but a few of us felt that it was far too useful and interesting to be buried within what is a fairly lighthearted topic so I've broken the relevant posts out into this thread.
Nellie.
Good tip from our FB. Make casts from colonies that want to swarm. But break out all their queen cells after 5 days and add a frame form your best colony, otherwise you will breed colonies that want to swarm more over time.
Also don't give stores frames/feed a swarm for 2-3 days after capture so they use their own recourses. Otherwise if they carried AF in their stomach full of honey they will store it with all the problems that entails. Starve them a bit and they'll eat it up resolving the problem.
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