Worldwide Beekeeping
Beekeeping => Swarms, Cut Outs, Trap Outs and Bee Trees => Topic started by: Yankee11 on May 10, 2014, 10:51:31 pm
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I did my first check to see how the first swarm was coming along. Ya win some ya lose some ;D
Looks like she left a dozen or cells empty...
Should have bought a lottery ticket this day.
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Holy Schmoly, wouldja look at That! How long has this swarm been hived?
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April 14th.
This is one of 4 frames just like this. This is that tiger striped Queen that you pointed may be a VHS Queen.
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Wow! So cool! Congrats! Is this a hot hive?
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Wow! Nice!
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nope. very gentle so far.
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You are off to a great start! :)
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It doesn't get much better than that! :goodjob:
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Sooo Jealous!
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Did she make it to the short list for grafting?
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right to the top.
Fixing to do some in fact.
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Excellent, how much for a bred queen? Could sure use a couple of those. Tom
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tm.
I'll get back to you once they are done and mated. I am not a professional although my other grafts have done really well.
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A very impressive frame of brood.
If you've got 4 frames like that then I pity the poor workers who came with the swarm. They must be knackered with having to feed and forage for so much brood.
Cautionary note ...... Some colonies make lots and lots of bees but are poor honey producers. Such a colony can still be used to provide frames of sealed brood to boost weaker colonies. I wonder if the original colony swarmed because the Q was making a lot of brood and things became congested. A very prolific Q may not be a good trait. With so much brood, I would be concerned that a spell of confining weather could lead to starvation.
I would think twice before raising daughter Qs from such a Queen.
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Barbarian - ""With so much brood, I would be concerned that a spell of confining weather could lead to starvation.""
Good point Barbarian! and it could quickly lead to swarming and cast swarming.
So what do you do if you have an abundance of brood and your apiary isn't big enough to share it?
Is it a good idea to give it to other beeks?
Can you freeze it?
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What did the rest of the frames look like, how much honey/pollen?
With five frames of solid brood, hopefully there are five frames of solid honey/pollen and ready for another super.
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indeed! That hive is on the verge of exploding! That is amazing!!
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Barb,
I'll go back and check what the food situation is in this deep. To be honest, once I saw these frames of brood I can't remember the rest :)
I do know that pollen and nectar is is abundance around here right now.
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Doesn't anybody feel sorry for the poor schlepp who sees that and realizes it may be one of his lost swarms? :-\
If I lived nearby and saw that pic I'd be sick! :D
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Doesn't anybody feel sorry for the poor schlepp who sees that and realizes it may be one of his lost swarms? :-\
If I lived nearby and saw that pic I'd be sick! :D
Yeah... I think that was one of mine... Yank.. you can keep the bees just send the queen back.. I'll pay for shipping!!! ;D
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Nah! I'll just send you one of mine, shipping paid! :D
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OMG!! NO!! I dont want to take the chance it gets loose any closer to the state, much less my town!! :'(
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What ?? afraid of a little swarming? Pft!
;) 8)
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TERRIFIED!!! :o
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MmHm! Now I know women rule the world!!
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a LITTLE swarming?
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Just a tad... ;)
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I would think that there may not be much pollen and nectar stored in the hive as G3 would like to see. after the first 3 days all the pollen and nectar being brought into the hive would have been used to feed the young larva that the queen started laying in abundance. It took 1 frame of honey and 1 frame of pollen to allow the bees to produce each frame of brood. The solid brood is a testament to the resources available to the bees to produce this quantity of brood so quickly.
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I will check this hive tomorrow.
Pollen is crazy right now and a heavy flow is also going on.