Show beekeeping swarming should be modernized as much as any other branch of beekeeping the old method of climbing into the top of e tree with a basket at the risk of being severely stung or being injured by falling from the tree should be a thing of the past the risks taken in such cases far outweigh the value of the swarm swarming can be largely controlled by modern methods of better belter management the percentage of colonies that attempt to swarm Is greatly reduced by clipping the wings of queens prior to the swarming season those who cannot be present when swarms issue in which case clipped queens may be lost may put a queen and drone trap over the entrance for a few days when a colony Is round found preparing to swarm the best policy ro ta wever Is to treat such stich col colonies onles so that no swarms will issue this Is done either by making an artificial swarm or by removing the queen montreal Alon treal herald erald II |