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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: lee on August 02, 2005, 05:11:58 pm

Title: pic. of run away bees
Post by: lee on August 02, 2005, 05:11:58 pm

here is some pic. of the bees that went back home when i move there hive. i move them back to the hive 2 times with no luck. but this time i put them in these little boxs. in about a week i will put them back in the hive and see if they will stay. should i put down newpaper when i put them back with the other bees. (http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid180/p11f05be361ce40997bcee9541a48e37a/f2feb85e.jpg)(http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid180/pa950c081cf6258a5d6f47a142a7d8b65/f2feb88a.jpg)

Title: pic. of run away bees
Post by: KingBeeApiary on August 03, 2005, 12:30:00 am

Why not just start a new hive with these bees?Give them 3 or  4 frames of eggs and let them queen them selves.Good and easy way to split them since they are dead set on returning to that spot..