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Beekeeping 101 – Swarm Traps and Bait Hives
www.LearningBeekeeping.com The biology after bees swarm and the methods used to capture wild swarms using bait hives. Free bees, in other words. Bait hives need to be about 30 liters in volume. That is about 10″x9″x20″ which also will fit a standard frame. Learn more about beekeeping at http
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The bees of the Natural Beekeeping Trust are very very welcome to swarm. Like a farmer with his lambing ewes, we hang around and offer our swarms some help with finding new homes – and as we get better at it, the scout bees often find favour with the homes we offer.