Lot of issues with that:
1. There is no guarantee your swarm traps will catch the swarms in question.
2. A hive will often cast swarm after swarm after swarm to the point where they will swarm themselves to death if not dealt with.
3. If you're looking to get a honey crop you'll want all the bees in the hive making honey, not making more colonies.
4. When they are done swarming there is no guarantee a new virgin will return from a mating flight turning the hive queenless.
It's best to learn how to properly control swarms. It's easy enough to tip your boxes back and just look at the bottom of the frames for cups/cells. Adding space, along with a lot of other techniques can keep them kept in your equipment and producing with minimal effort.
If you look into Skep beekeeping they allowed their hives to swarm so they could rehive them into new skeps. However, this practice is nearly entirely dead due to far superior hive keeping methods and techniques.
Good thought, but there is a reason why none of us do it.
1. There is no guarantee your swarm traps will catch the swarms in question.
2. A hive will often cast swarm after swarm after swarm to the point where they will swarm themselves to death if not dealt with.
3. If you're looking to get a honey crop you'll want all the bees in the hive making honey, not making more colonies.
4. When they are done swarming there is no guarantee a new virgin will return from a mating flight turning the hive queenless.
It's best to learn how to properly control swarms. It's easy enough to tip your boxes back and just look at the bottom of the frames for cups/cells. Adding space, along with a lot of other techniques can keep them kept in your equipment and producing with minimal effort.
If you look into Skep beekeeping they allowed their hives to swarm so they could rehive them into new skeps. However, this practice is nearly entirely dead due to far superior hive keeping methods and techniques.
Good thought, but there is a reason why none of us do it.
