Capturing a Cast Swarm
Channel: Phil Chandler: Barefoot Beekeeper
Date: 31/05/2019

After the prime swarm has left, successive emerging virgin queens may fly off with secondary (or "cast") swarms. These are often barely large enough to survive for long in the wild, but may well be worth housing and feeding, as they can prove to be good colonies the following year.


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