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Swarm / Swarming Instinct
Swarming is the natural reproduction method of honey bee colonies. The old queen leaves the hive with roughly half the bees. The remaining bees raise a new queen. Beekeepers manage swarming through splitting, making nucleus colonies, or regular inspection of swarm cells.
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