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In most cases, carefully checking three frames from the middle of the brood area will reveal swarming behavior, if it is present. | In most cases, carefully checking three frames from the middle of the brood area will reveal swarming behavior, if it is present. | ||
Tilting the brood hive body and inspecting the lower edges of the frames is a fast method for detecting swarming behavior and it also reveals most cases of swarming behavior. | Tilting the brood hive body and inspecting the lower edges of the frames is a fast method for detecting swarming behavior and it also reveals most cases of swarming behavior. | ||
If swarming behavior is detected (eggs in queen cell cups), additional steps should be taken to handle the swarming colony (see: Midd summer Catching swarms, making splits and nucleus). | If swarming behavior is detected (eggs in queen cell cups), additional steps should be taken to handle the swarming colony. NEED TO MAKE SOME LINKS HERE (see: Midd summer Catching swarms, making splits and nucleus). | ||
[[Category:Queen]] | [[Category:Queen]] | ||