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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: beecowboy on July 04, 2005, 11:58:50 am

Title: GONE BEE'S
Post by: beecowboy on July 04, 2005, 11:58:50 am

Hi again everybody,  I posted a question about "SHB" thanks for the reply's I have another one , Will "SHB"s couse a swarm to leave the hive? It was a wild swarm that I had caught out of an old barn, after I found I had "SHB" they left just wondering if shb coused it.    thanks everybody for all the help and advice you are giving me! :oops:

Title: GONE BEE'S
Post by: Jerrymac on July 04, 2005, 12:13:52 pm

How long did you have the bees after capture?

I have heard of captured swams leaving a day or two after being placed in a hive. I had one gone with in a couple of hours after collecting it. The best way to keep a swarm from leaving is to furnish them with brood. Then there is always the queen excluder on the bottom board preventing her from leaving.

Title: GONE BEE'S
Post by: Michael Bush on July 04, 2005, 01:06:00 pm

>Will "SHB"s couse a swarm to leave the hive?

From all reports, they will cause an established hive to abscond too.

Title: Gone Bee's
Post by: beecowboy on July 04, 2005, 01:41:48 pm

In reply to how long I had the wild swarm,  about 6 weeks they were doing fine I thought.  But when they left they left pollen honey and a small amount of brood I'll say about 50+or- grubs.

Title: GONE BEE'S
Post by: Jerrymac on July 04, 2005, 02:06:48 pm

I would then say something ran them off. How badly infested was the hive with SHB?