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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => HONEYBEE REMOVAL => Topic started by: JP on September 12, 2012, 09:53:11 pm

Title: Really Fun Jefferson Swarm Shake!
Post by: JP on September 12, 2012, 09:53:11 pm
Very cool couple called me out for a nice swarm that had settled a few days or so prior inside of an old plastic drum. Lots of fun was had by all!


...JP

Really Fun Jefferson Swarm Shake (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMIL0QLhG2w#ws)
Title: Re: Really Fun Jefferson Swarm Shake!
Post by: Richard on September 12, 2012, 10:48:03 pm
That's wonderful  :-D....as usual! 

Richard
Title: Re: Really Fun Jefferson Swarm Shake!
Post by: hardwood on September 12, 2012, 11:02:31 pm
What a hoot...I can see how that made for a great day!

Scott
Title: Re: Really Fun Jefferson Swarm Shake!
Post by: yelnifok on September 13, 2012, 01:52:23 am
Nice catch JP- peers like you have done this once or twice- ain't it fun!!!
   lee...
Title: Re: Really Fun Jefferson Swarm Shake!
Post by: annette on September 14, 2012, 12:40:27 am
There she is!! Still don't understand how you do it. My friend Joanne says you must have some sort of bee esp or something to be able to find the queens so easily. We have trouble finding them inside the hives.

Thanks JP.

Annette
Title: Re: Really Fun Jefferson Swarm Shake!
Post by: JP on September 14, 2012, 12:58:16 am
Wait to y'all see the video I'm uploading right now titled "Honey Bee Swarm Fills The Sky". Right after I shook the bees on this video (the one seen in this post) I went to the town of Lakeview for yet another awesome swarm shake!

That swarm was on a support post on an Allstate building. The swarm tries to leave the set up and lands on a tall shrub but has to come back as their queen is caged.

I was able to capture some really cool footage of the entire episode.

I have a few more that I have yet to work on including one really cool one of two swarms showing up in each end of a couch on a rear patio.

I'm having a blast folks, knee deep in bees and good people all around me.

What more could anyone ask for?


...JP