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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => HONEYBEE REMOVAL => Topic started by: catfishbill on March 21, 2009, 11:38:52 pm

Title: first swarm of the year
Post by: catfishbill on March 21, 2009, 11:38:52 pm

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bees in one hive were acting foolish for they last couple of days and they finally came out.we let them settle down and grabbed them out of a cedar tree in the bee yard.

Title: Re: first swarm of the year
Post by: JP on March 21, 2009, 11:43:47 pm

Glad you were able to get them back. May I suggest you keep a bait hive or two in your beeyard. This way if they swarm they may just go to another box.

I've had it happen before and it happened to a budddy this past Friday. Brian Bray keeps bait hives out for swarms as well.


...JP

Title: Re: first swarm of the year
Post by: bailey on March 21, 2009, 11:58:35 pm

so does bailey :-D

Title: Re: first swarm of the year
Post by: JP on March 22, 2009, 12:01:06 am

Quote from: bailey on March 21, 2009, 11:58:35 pm

so does bailey :-D

Hey, they're good for purple martins I hear as well!


...JP ;)

Title: Re: first swarm of the year
Post by: bailey on March 22, 2009, 12:10:41 am

those are the gourds!  i have swarm traps out now so i dont have to distroy anymore of my gourds this year.   wife threatens me with a bee killing every time one gets into the gourds when the birds have babies. :shock:

Title: Re: first swarm of the year
Post by: catfishbill on March 22, 2009, 12:18:18 am

do y'all put any thing in there to attract them or just let them go in on there own?

Title: Re: first swarm of the year
Post by: JP on March 22, 2009, 12:41:48 am

Quote from: catfishbill on March 22, 2009, 12:18:18 am

do y'all put any thing in there to attract them or just let them go in on there own?

Catfish, you could put a piece of old comb in a hive, could also put a little lemon grass as well, either or really.


...JP

Title: Re: first swarm of the year
Post by: Cindi on April 02, 2009, 11:46:54 pm

Catfishbill, wow, cool and what a lucky catch, keep up that good style working...beautiful and most awesomely great day, great health.  Cindi