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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => HONEYBEE REMOVAL => Topic started by: gov1623 on October 24, 2012, 10:20:57 pm

Title: swarm landed on my beehive while doing inspection
Post by: gov1623 on October 24, 2012, 10:20:57 pm
I was inspecting one of my beehives today when the sky started filling up with bees. I thought it might be robbing so i closed up the hive but come to my suprise, it was a small swarm with a big queen. I have to say this was the first time a swarm landed on my beehive while i was inspecting it. Really neat!  It seems like we are having alot of late swarms in louisiana this year.

 Late swarm (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N7W9106BfU#)

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Title: Re: swarm landed on my beehive while doing inspection
Post by: AllenF on October 24, 2012, 10:31:57 pm
Sweet.
Title: Re: swarm landed on my beehive while doing inspection
Post by: Michael Bush on October 28, 2012, 08:51:40 am
Did the swarm move into the hive you were inspecting?
Title: Re: swarm landed on my beehive while doing inspection
Post by: gov1623 on October 29, 2012, 01:44:35 am
It looks like they were trying to get in through a crack in the cover but once i caught the queen and put her in the empty nuc box on top, they all followed her in.
Title: Re: swarm landed on my beehive while doing inspection
Post by: yockey5 on October 29, 2012, 10:50:14 am
Pretty cool.
Title: Re: swarm landed on my beehive while doing inspection
Post by: bailey on October 30, 2012, 09:49:05 am
its not uncommon to get swarms until november here. (your only 20 min from me)
just make sure to feed them or give them some frames of honey.
bailey