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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => HONEYBEE REMOVAL => Topic started by: JP on March 25, 2009, 11:51:26 pm
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2 Nice swarms today, another I couldn't get to, maybe tomorrow. Can You spot the queen? Hint, one of the last pics.
http://picasaweb.google.com/pyxicephalus/March252009?authkey=Gv1sRgCI2NgL2JnMP3oAE#slideshow
...JP
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Thanks JP those were some GREAT pic's. But I didn't see any funny hat's are a beer can stuck to your head :-D ;)
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Nice pix JP. not wanting to wound like a noob, but what was the white cage thing for I am just learning and really need to know. Thanks
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I just call them a queen catcher. They are kinda like a chip bag clip. Just not as strong and more like a scoop so the queen can be held inside of it with out damage to her.
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cool thanks
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Soooooooo nice pic JP. Beautiful swarms, your a lucky guy! Keep them comming, I'm following your post and pic.
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Thats what I need, a swarm just above the ground like that last one. Nice and easy. I did not spot the queen though.
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Thats what I need, a swarm just above the ground like that last one. Nice and easy. I did not spot the queen though.
Annette, look carefully (http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/4770/cimg3826.th.jpg) (http://img9.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cimg3826.jpg)
...JP
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Hi Annette
I've been following your post about you waiting on your first swarm. Did you get it and I missed it???
green
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Hey JP
I looked and didn't find her in the first pics, but is she almost center? just up a tad and to the right just a bit? I have 2 hives one is a swarm caught 2 springs ago and the other is a nuc I purchased this year so I used the posted pic to practice finding the queen as I have never found mine since the get go. So thanks for posting your photos.
So, now I'm not using you behind your back!! :evil: :lol:
hope you didn't mind ;)
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That is where most of the activity is in the center. I think you are right. I think ??? I see her.
No swarm calls yet. Just waiting and have all equipment in the car ready to go. Swarms are not as prevalent as out where JP lives.
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if you can't see the queen, look for the activity around her. this is a good still pic of that behavior.l
wish my pics would come out so well!
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Now do you see her?
(http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/1426/cimg3826v.th.jpg) (http://img11.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cimg3826v.jpg)
...JP
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JP...that was a big ole FAT swarm. Really nice. Was that one about 6 pounds?
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JP...that was a big ole FAT swarm. Really nice. Was that one about 6 pounds?
The first one was about 3 lbs or so and the second, perhaps a little bigger. No where near 6 lbs though.
...JP
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Yep JP I did see her!!! Thanks bunches!
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Now do you see her?
(http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/1426/cimg3826v.th.jpg) (http://img11.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cimg3826v.jpg)
...JP
JP I tried to do that. How did you do the circle thing you beat me to it.
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Now do you see her?
(http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/1426/cimg3826v.th.jpg) (http://img11.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cimg3826v.jpg)
...JP
JP I tried to do that. How did you do the circle thing you beat me to it.
Irwin, I opened the pic using paint.net which has an assortment of nice tools to choose from and just burrowed a pencil from the list and circled where the queen is.
If you are not familiar with paint.net, its a free download. You can do all sorts of things there like resizing pics.
...JP
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Well now I see her Ha Ha. Had to have it circled for me.
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Well now I see her Ha Ha. Had to have it circled for me.
Annette, next time close your eyes and point with your magical red umbrella, open your eyes and poof!
...JP ;)
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Annette, can you see the way the bees are circled around her? when they are moving, it is more clear. after you get a chance to see that behavior a couple of times it starts jumping out at you in a cutout, or in your own hives. it's not always crystal clear, but you'll get the hang of it. it's like playing "where's waldo" a bunch of time and all of a sudden you can find waldo without even knowing you were looking :-D
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Now do you see her?
(http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/1426/cimg3826v.th.jpg) (http://img11.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cimg3826v.jpg)
...JP
JP I tried to do that. How did you do the circle thing you beat me to it.
Irwin, I opened the pic using paint.net which has an assortment of nice tools to choose from and just burrowed a pencil from the list and circled where the queen is.
If you are not familiar with paint.net, its a free download. You can do all sorts of things there like resizing pics.
...JP
Thank's JP
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Nice again. Amazing how the queens stands right out.
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JP, I bet you'd be a happy camper if the swarms were always so simple to get. The pics were wonderful. The woman in one of the pictures, that is your Sister-in-Law? Seems I have seen her picture before. Nice shots. Have that wonderful and most awesome day, health, life. Cindi
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Cindi, that nice lady is who called me for that second swarm. She lives in a town called Luling, approx 30 minutes from where I live. I e-mailed her the pictures, she was glad to see them.
Her response: "I am so impressed... sharing these with everybody!!! Happy that the bees were safe in their new home since that storm would have drowned some of them out in the open like that!!! Thanks for taking care of them."
...JP
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What a pretty queen!
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Cindi, that nice lady is who called me for that second swarm. She lives in a town called Luling, approx 30 minutes from where I live. I e-mailed her the pictures, she was glad to see them.
Her response: "I am so impressed... sharing these with everybody!!! Happy that the bees were safe in their new home since that storm would have drowned some of them out in the open like that!!! Thanks for taking care of them.
...JP
Oh JP, beauty, isn't it wonderful when our actions/work is appreciated. She truly appreciates your wonderful efforts, yey!!!! Beautiful day in our great life, Cindi