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Laurence Edwards explains the shook swarm technique: beekeepers shake bees off old combs into new boxes with fresh frames and queens already inside. The bees settle quickly into their new home, ready to build.

Laurence Edwards explains the shook swarm technique: beekeepers shake bees off old combs into new boxes with fresh frames and queens already inside. The bees settle quickly into their new home, ready to build.
This here is called a shook swarm. We've taken the old combs, we've shaken off every single bee, new boxes, new frames, queens inside, and we have got lots and lots of bees that are going to make this their new home.