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Offline Mikey N.C.

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Trap out 2 yrs. ago
« on: August 10, 2018, 07:52:57 pm »
Was not completed correctly.  Bees swarmed this week . 100 yr. old oak tree. Why would ferel bees swarm this late in the yr. ? Was a trap out two years ago.  Farmer told me bees moved back in tree . an swarmed this week. Question is why bees would swarm this late?

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Re: Trao out 2 yrs. ago
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2018, 09:39:59 pm »
Hi Mikey, hey did you actually see a swarm come from that tree?
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Re: Trao out 2 yrs. ago
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2018, 06:09:05 am »
No the farmers wife did.

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Re: Trap out 2 yrs. ago
« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2018, 08:25:33 am »
Mikey, I caught a small swarm in mid-august last year.  They over wintered in a nuc box and were fine in the spring.
Some times they abscond because of a heavy mite load.  Absconding would slow down the build up of mites, but not control it, I believe.

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Re: Trap out 2 yrs. ago
« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2018, 10:01:23 am »
shb
Bees are bees and do as they please!

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Re: Trap out 2 yrs. ago
« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2018, 01:33:36 pm »
Shb, didn't thank of that. Just thought that feral hives had a way to control shb ?