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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => HONEYBEE REMOVAL => Topic started by: schawee on August 31, 2011, 04:01:17 am

Title: catching a swarm two different ways
Post by: schawee on August 31, 2011, 04:01:17 am
had fun with this one. :-D        ....... schawee      SWAEM caught twice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHa0z8RhVXg#ws)
Title: Re: catching a swarm two different ways
Post by: TwT on August 31, 2011, 07:13:18 am
good video, how long did you stand there waiting for them to cluster around the queen?
Title: Re: catching a swarm two different ways
Post by: Tommyt on August 31, 2011, 07:54:42 am
You took it too the top with this one
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr  ate

Thanks
for the enjoyment
Tommyt
Title: Re: catching a swarm two different ways
Post by: vmmartin on August 31, 2011, 09:09:42 am
That was very cool Schawee. Thanks for posting. Did you put them back into the same box as the first time?
Title: Re: catching a swarm two different ways
Post by: JP on August 31, 2011, 10:08:56 am
Guess I'll have to do that now. You set the bar on this one Schawee. Very cool and well done "good friend".  ;)

Hey that swarm was bigger than you told me.


...JP
Title: Re: catching a swarm two different ways
Post by: kbee on August 31, 2011, 01:09:22 pm
great job :-D
Title: Re: catching a swarm two different ways
Post by: BeeMaster2 on August 31, 2011, 01:27:09 pm
Schawee,
You are the man! That was awsume. That is a great video.
Jim
Title: Re: catching a swarm two different ways
Post by: lenape13 on August 31, 2011, 01:53:58 pm
Guess I'll have to do that now. You set the bar on this one Schawee. Very cool and well done "good friend".  ;)

Hey that swarm was bigger than you told me.


...JP

No, you'll have to do better, not just match him.  You may have to use a different body part.  How do you feel about holding a queen catcher with your lips???
Title: Re: catching a swarm two different ways
Post by: montauk170 on August 31, 2011, 06:38:51 pm
That's cool Schawee!
Title: Re: catching a swarm two different ways
Post by: TwoHoneys on August 31, 2011, 07:13:11 pm
Ooooo. Totally wonderful. I love your description of what that felt like.

-Liz
Title: Re: catching a swarm two different ways
Post by: bud1 on August 31, 2011, 07:15:20 pm
watch jp, cajun, mite hurt himself trying to top that. dat boy loves his spotlite
Title: Re: catching a swarm two different ways
Post by: AllenF on August 31, 2011, 08:31:14 pm
You look like you had fun there.   Great video.
Title: Re: catching a swarm two different ways
Post by: Dave360 on August 31, 2011, 09:47:31 pm
Awesome !!!
Title: Re: catching a swarm two different ways
Post by: JP on August 31, 2011, 09:56:56 pm
I can't do a bee beard, I guess I could but a bee beard on top of a full beard, I don't know about that! Great video Schawee!


...JP
Title: Re: catching a swarm two different ways
Post by: schawee on August 31, 2011, 11:40:01 pm
 glad yall liked this . i had fun with them.twt it took about 25 minutes to get most fo the bees to land on my hand.vmartin i did put them back in the same box. checked today and they are still there and started to build some comb.i will let the queen out tomorrow.jp it just looked smaller on the branch but it got heavy just trying to hold them that long :-D          .......schawee
Title: Re: catching a swarm two different ways
Post by: Intheswamp on September 01, 2011, 08:38:09 am
FANTASTIC, SCHAWEE!!!!!!!  You make it look sooooo easy. ;)

Ed
Title: Re: catching a swarm two different ways
Post by: D Semple on September 01, 2011, 09:17:17 am
Great job schawee.

I saw that done once in a swarm demonstration at our local bee clubs fun day before I ever had bees and was memorized. It sealed the deal for me for wanting to become a beekeeper and will be a memory I keep forever. Your video brought back cool memories. Reckon I'll have to try it on a swarm myself sometime when I have an audience of kids watching.

Thanks for the post.   .....Don
Title: Re: catching a swarm two different ways
Post by: yockey5 on September 01, 2011, 12:31:05 pm
Much appreciated Schawee!
Title: Re: catching a swarm two different ways
Post by: annette on September 01, 2011, 03:33:28 pm
That was fun to watch Schawee and would be a great teaching video for people. It would be fun to place that queen catcher on different parts of the body and see what it looks like.  :evil: :evil:
Title: Re: catching a swarm two different ways
Post by: buzzbee on September 01, 2011, 11:01:32 pm
Schawee,
was there some virgin queens in that swarm they may have wanted to leave with? Or possibly multiple queens?
Title: Re: catching a swarm two different ways
Post by: BeeMaster2 on September 02, 2011, 12:28:46 pm
Schawee,
was there some virgin queens in that swarm they may have wanted to leave with? Or possibly multiple queens?
They may have found a new location when Schawee put them in that nuc but they just couldn't get the queen to follow.
Jim
Title: Re: catching a swarm two different ways
Post by: yockey5 on September 02, 2011, 01:09:10 pm
Schawee,
was there some virgin queens in that swarm they may have wanted to leave with? Or possibly multiple queens?
They may have found a new location when Schawee put them in that nuc but they just couldn't get the queen to follow.
Jim

This makes sense.
Title: Re: catching a swarm two different ways
Post by: jhs494 on September 08, 2011, 07:36:41 am
Nice video Schawee!

Just moving handfuls of bees you can feel the heat, I can only imagine the warmth from the whole swarm on your hand.

Nice job, and thanks for sharing it with us!

Joe
Title: Re: catching a swarm two different ways
Post by: schawee on September 13, 2011, 03:51:07 pm
jim ,thats why i cage the queens so if they leave they will come back.now they are building comb and doing great.buzzbee i checked  twice before i let the queen out and didn't find another queen.joe,to my surprise the heat that was inside the swarm was very warm.    ......schawee
Title: Re: catching a swarm two different ways
Post by: D Coates on September 30, 2011, 06:31:32 pm
I've got to try that sometime.  I've not gotten good at finding the queen in swarms or cut outs but I keep trying.  As soon as I do I'll try this.  Thanks for the video!
Title: Re: catching a swarm two different ways
Post by: schawee on October 02, 2011, 10:53:02 pm
d coates,i can't wait to try it again.
Title: Re: catching a swarm two different ways
Post by: BeeMaster2 on October 03, 2011, 12:42:30 pm
d coates,i can't wait to try it again.

I sure hope you have your camera again.   :)
Jim
Title: Re: catching a swarm two different ways
Post by: schawee on October 04, 2011, 11:35:19 pm
jim, i always have my camera :-D