Worldwide Beekeeping
Beekeeping => Swarms, Cut Outs, Trap Outs and Bee Trees => Topic started by: tedh on June 06, 2019, 09:49:10 pm
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Caught a swarm from one of the hives here at home. Actually saw it issue while i was mowing. It came from a nuc we started this spring which surprised me. It landed about 20' up a maple, in a patch of weeds and grass that was over my head. I used a telescoping apple picker with a 5 gallon bucket hung on the tines. Rather cumbersome but i think it worked, will know for sure in a few days. Ted
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:goodjob:
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Thanks Neil!
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Good timing, tedh!
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I love swarms! I enjoy standing right in the middle of them, magical! And then feel lucky that I get to see where they land.
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I gave them a frame of mixed brood and food last night and moved them to the stand this morning. I'll remove the queen excluder tomorrow afternoon and see what happens, but I think they'll stay put. We're up to 21 colonies now and 25 is the absolute limit. I mean it this time! ;D Ted
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Famous last words.... :laugh:
Post again when the count hits 50.
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Isn't that the truth! We're only selling about 45-50 gallons of honey per year so we won't NEED any more hives even in a bad season. Notice I said need? Yeah, this is about me enjoying myself, not selling honey! Ted
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Good Morning Ted 8) I've been keeping my apiary down to 2 big hives and what ever nucs I have left at the end of the season. Last year I was able to sell 14 nucs, all medium frames, at $120. So, that's $1680.00 minus $350 for purchased queens = $1330.00 In My Pocket Tax Free!
I was a happy beekeeper last year ;D However, I did learn that I depleted my hives a little too much, so that was a lesson learned for this years hives. But with a good eye and constant care of the hives over winter, they all made it through.
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Right on Jen! Side story: I was at a yoga class the other day and there was a gal there that l looked familiar but I couldnt remember her name. After the class i admitted that to her and she said " oh yes, I'm so and so and I recently bought 6 jars of "Helen's Honey". Now, the "company name" is Hermann's Honey and my wifes name is Helene. So i said, "That's right now I remember. My name is Ted, I'm Helen's beekeeper." I want a raise, man. I want a raise. Ted
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Caught another swarm yesterday (number 3). They were in a lilac bush, about 18 inches ofthe ground. Slid the box under them, tapped the branch, put the lid on. I brought them home this morning, added a frame of brood and food along with enough undrawn frames to fill the box and an entrance reducer. I'll pull the queen excluder and add a inner cover tommorow. Any more and I'll have to set up another stand.