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Laurence Edwards clips queen bee wings to prevent swarms from flying away or getting stuck in chimneys. The clipped queen and her bees cluster at the hive entrance instead, making it easy to move them into a new colony.
Laurence Edwards clips queen bee wings to prevent swarms from flying away or getting stuck in chimneys. The clipped queen and her bees cluster at the hive entrance instead, making it easy to move them into a new colony.
People often ask me why do I clip my queens, and this is the reason. You don't lose your swarms, they don't go into chimneys, they just hang around, cluster up at the front or at the entrance, and you can safely knock them into a nuc.
