This will reduce swarming or sometimes prevent it all together.

Описание: Sirdo, " I am a beekeeper today" I'm thinking again about how can I control swarming without increasing my hives.

The approach is this; a passive, or less passive. I'm thinking about two. Now remember that swarming is a natural process tailored to propagate the species.

Beekeepers like myself interfere with that process to build up the large bee populations in a sense, bee culture is necessary for commercial honey production, and the pursuit of artificially large bee colonies.

My, first most good management practice is to automatically discourage swarming. As a rule, avoid hive congestion early in the season and maintain young queens year round .

If I give them more space eg a second hive body, reverse them before the rainy season the bees can concentrate in the top body; which will immediately relieve congestion.

Equalize colony strength by adding bees and brood from stronger hives to weaker ones.

Adding space separately well before najour flows; this I know relieves congestion and encourages bees to forage instead of swarming.

I will remove honey supers as soon as the bees finish them, and put on supers if there are mid - or late-summer nectar flows yet to come.

Don't let the hive get "honey bound" - a condition in which bees lack storage space and are forced to store nectar in the brood nest; this creates congestion and encourages swarming.

These are my good management practices which is a part of my every season beekeeping schedule. H.T.Y.