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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => HONEYBEE REMOVAL => Topic started by: duck on April 28, 2012, 10:15:18 am

Title: Friday night cutout..
Post by: duck on April 28, 2012, 10:15:18 am

Had a guy call me last Sunday, as he watched them move in he took a picture.

(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a311/Ducksmasher/photobucket-1188-1335618696147.jpg)

couldnt get to him till last night.

(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a311/Ducksmasher/2012-04-27_19-40-05_154.jpg)

Title: Re: Friday night cutout..
Post by: AllenF on April 28, 2012, 01:12:33 pm

Sweet job.

Title: Re: Friday night cutout..
Post by: duck on April 28, 2012, 01:31:00 pm

hrmm this colony partially got spilled on the ground last night.. seems the cops shut down the neighborhood, went house to house with dogs, went through my backyard, knocked over both my trash cans, trash everywhere.  bumped the lid off and jostled em around, Im sure someone got lit up last night. I found them this morning swarming to a spot on the ground next to the hive when I went out back to build this morning..  I knew I shoulda kept the queen caged up till later today.  Hopefully they settle down.. Im pouring the syrup to them to make em happy. Gotta finish picking up trash. :-x

Title: Re: Friday night cutout..
Post by: jaseemtp on April 28, 2012, 02:35:11 pm

Duck have you done many cut outs this year?  I ask becasue the ones I have done have had alot bees but very little in the way of honey stores.  I am up near Fort Worth.

Title: Re: Friday night cutout..
Post by: duck on April 28, 2012, 04:20:03 pm

actually the ones I cut out before brood expansion were about 50% stores.. now its nearing 10% stores. we neeed some rain bad, im going through 100 lbs of sugar a week!