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REPORT A SWARM FOR LOCAL BEEKEEPERS.
 #6424  by Chrisbarlow
 14 Apr 2020, 09:23
MickBBKA wrote:
14 Apr 2020, 03:14
Chrisbarlow wrote:
12 Apr 2020, 08:30
I always found pagden quite demanding to implement, the bees never understood what they were supposed to be doing.
Verical manipulations are far superior
That's good to hear, I certainly did not do it as you describe, I think these days the tightness in my Yorkshire pockets objects to having two of everything when vertical manipulations are cheaper :roll:

Pagden works very well IMHO, but depends how you do it. I go for a full on approach. Queen, flying bees, foundation, no comb, no brood, small amount of stores, big feeder. Never failed yet.

I do like vertical splits though..