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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS => Topic started by: tejas on April 13, 2005, 11:19:44 pm

Title: spliting hive question
Post by: tejas on April 13, 2005, 11:19:44 pm

Just wondering what keeps bees from returning to the old hive location when they have been split.

Title: spliting hive question
Post by: Jerrymac on April 13, 2005, 11:21:15 pm

The bees that have been out foraging will return to old location. Bees that have never been out will only know the new location.