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TygrBright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:41 PM
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13. Asked a beekeeping friend about this; here is his response:
"I take less honey in the fall, because I want the bees to have plenty to eat over the winter. I don't like to do supplemental feedings with sugar water; I think it makes for a less healthy hive. When production ramps up in the spring I start taking it and keep the hive fairly lean as I don't want the population to explode too fast, which can lead to swarming."

What I get from this is that if you don't take off some of the honey, you'll end up with an overpopulated hive and they will swarm.

Hope that's helpful!

interestedly,
Bright
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