Beemaster's International Beekeeping Forum
BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => HONEYBEE REMOVAL => Topic started by: hardwood on April 22, 2012, 01:07:16 pm
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Not really a removal but....
We dropped off the bees from the smoke out we did the other day and were lucky enough to be there when a swarm moved in. We watched it come in from the south across a cow pasture and move in to an empty double nuc with drawn frames on one side. What a beautiful sight! I'll never tire of watching swarms!!
Bee yard swarm.wmv (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWM8N2hfojY#ws)
Scott
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that is sumtin special.. bettr get a deep right there quick.
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Went back the next day and put them in a double deep.......tons of bees! Since they had taken up in a box with drawn comb they had already filled the comb with the honey they had brought with them. They are starting out with 5 full frames of honey!
Scott
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That was cool. What is the deal with the FL# on the top bar?
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I think it is his Florida registration number.
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Really cool video. I can't wait to be in the middle of a swarm in action like that.
Hopefully the action I see will be into a hive and not out of one. :-D
James
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Florida has a few rules about bees and numbers. and queens. and swarms. :-D
Good looking swarm. It is great when the swarm comes to you.
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"Of course I can hear them, I'm standing right in the middle of them!" Classic stuff right there my friend.
Awesome footage & swarm!
Glad you had the camera rolling.
...JP
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It's so cool that you two can be around bees as often as you are and still get such a thrill from an experience like this one...totally wonderful.
-Liz
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This was totally awesome, thrilling, exciting. I had a swarm move into one of my empty hives last spring and I wonder if it looked like this when it came in. That was super fun to watch.
Thanks Scott
Annette