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Honey Cleanup without Robbing

Honey Cleanup without Robbing Randy Oliver ScientificBeekeeping.com First Published in ABJ September 2023   I’m often asked how to “clean up” the honey in cut-out burr or volunteer combs, spilled honey, sticky extracted combs, or other honey that we’d like to recycle back into hives — without initiating robbing and the potential transfer of pathogens. […]

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Swarm pickups

Here’s a video of hiving a swarm by placing a nuc box next to it: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/hwi8ts8r83dj5u0x1g6bs/swarm-pu-in-nuc-box.mp4?rlkey=009xao2f6nqg283zn17id39zb&dl=0

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