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MEMBER BULLETIN BOARD => PHOTO PAGE - MEMBER PHOTOS & BEE-MOVIES HERE! => Topic started by: GaryMinckler on May 24, 2009, 09:56:11 pm
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(http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/8830/1000650.th.jpg) (http://img199.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1000650.jpg)
Any ideas on how to catch it?
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Caught first swarm and it turned into a thriving colony then....(http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/3061/1000725b.th.jpg) (http://img195.imageshack.us/i/1000725b.jpg/)
Caught this one too.
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those are nice looking swarms! i like them better when they are hanging off the end of the branch :-). i am getting lazy in my old age.
those look like keepers. how many lbs do you think they were?
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I sprayed the second swarm witha little sugar syrup before I shook the branch. When the bees hit the box it almost ripped it out of my hand. 3-4 lbs??
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Nice swarms, did you get both of them put up?
G3
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Second one has only been a hive 3 hours. First one is storing honey.
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Swarm #3. This swarm landed on exactly the same branch as previous one 8 days ago.(http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/8098/1000735s.th.jpg) (http://img37.imageshack.us/i/1000735s.jpg/)
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i have picked up a couple that have done that. one lady has a swarm land in the same tree almost every year. i don't know if it's scent, genetic memory, or what. now i always tell people to keep my number. you never know.....
also took a swarm and had the guy call me back a few days later to tell me i missed the queen and a small clump of bees were back. i knew i had her and the bees. i figure this was an afterswarm maybe led by the same scout bees? they are interesting critters.
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That swarm looks really big! Congrats!
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Great Job.... do you always get some this late in the year?
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I would think this is late for a swarm. Only my third year so I don't really know if this is abnormally late. One swarm last year that I know and at least 3 this year and 2 in the last 8 days
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Nice swarms. I alway spray with sugar water when hiving a swarm. We typically have maximum swarming in April and May and then some late season swarms in September. I always wondered about these late swarms since they are almost certainly doomed to starvation in the wild. i feed them and they have always survived just fine and gone on to be good producers the next year.
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All great looking swarms. I'm in southern Wisconsin and had my best swarm season in the last few. Caught several really nice ones and about 4 average sized ones. Just seems like the populations are back up. Not sure if mine were feral or domestic. They are always fun to catch and each one is a bit different. I generally always give them a gentle spray of sugar water before boxing them.