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A swarm in July isn't worth this

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The glue that holds the swarm together. The bees gather where she lands

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The shape of the cell holding growing replacements

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Swarms are free bees which means you don't have to __ a package

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Sonny's honey, once11To get the queen in shape for swarming, the workers stop feeding her and make sure she does this inside the hive to slim down

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This citrus smell is the essence of swarm lure

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A country way to say you ATE some honey

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The queen has to do this to get skinny enough to fly

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Cindy Bee teaches us to cut the top o of an empty plastic milk carton to make one of these to help collect the swarm

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To convince the bees that there is plenty of room in the hive, this method of frame manipulation is used

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If the hive casts a secondary swarm, the queen in that swarm is likely to be a _______

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These are soft and often yellow and help the swarm collector get the bees into the box

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75% of bees in a swarm fall into this age category

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You'll need this piece of equipment if the swarm is higher up than six feet

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Some flowers have ultraviolet markings on this part of the flower to attract the bees attention

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DownIf the queen in your swarm is unmarked, you may have captured a _____ swarm with a better chance of surviving the varroa mite

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A beekeeper called and asked if he/she wants to go collect a swarm usually says this

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If she gets lots of this before swarming, the queen may be in good enough shape to take the swarm farther away from the original hive before landing

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A one inch square of beeswax melted with 1/4 cup olive oil and 12 or so drops of lemongrass oil can be smeared in a swarm trap to serve this attractive purpose

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In swarming half the bees leave the hive along with the original queen. The other half of the hive stays behind with developing queen cells. If all the bees leave the hive empty, the process is called to _______

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Sometimes it helps to spray a hive with this before shaking them into a box

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What the queen must feel like she's signed up for when the bees are making her workout before the swarm

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Edible honey was found in this kings tomb

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Most people think this issue in the hive is why bees swarm

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Short for honey as a term of endearment (without the o)

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Sometimes we ask callers, " is your swarm the size of a baseball, a basketball, a -_________\\

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Old time Beekeepers often recommend doing this to queen cells to discourage swarming

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If a drone were in charge of the hive instead of the queen, he would be _____

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If this weather event happens, the virgin queen will be short-bred

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A light colored one on the ground under the swarm helps the collector see the bees and maybe the queen

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If you put the swarm in a Langstroth box, this cover goes under the telescoping cover

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An old bee-smelling piece of this in the swarm trap or collection box can help draw the bees

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What the scout bees do on the outside of the swarm (with all vowels missing)

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