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| The Story of the 3-Brood Chamber Swarm |
| We have a friend who keeps bees down in Sumter. One day my husband was visiting him and they found the biggest swarm either one of them had ever seen. They had to cut out most of the pyrocantha to work there... ...they put a stand with two brood chambers and frames of comb underneath the swarm and knocked the bees down over it... |
| The bees began their long climb up into their new home around 1:30 pm.... |
| ...2:15 pm... |
| ...3:30 pm... |
| ...4:00 pm they gave up and put a third brood chamber on... |
| ...at 6:30 pm they had almost all found their way into the hive, finally. The guys estimated the swarm weighed at least seven pounds.... |