Worldwide Beekeeping
Beekeeping => Swarms, Cut Outs, Trap Outs and Bee Trees => Topic started by: jjodie on March 29, 2015, 09:20:29 pm
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I captured a small (softball sized) swarm out of a peach tree Friday. Came from one of my top bar hives, but then I placed them in a long lang. I am hoping they make it after it warms back up tomorrow. Only a few have broken cluster. I assume because the weather has been cool and windy. Maybe 70's tomorrow will wake them up!!!
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Congrats. Now you know the rush. It will never go away, even after a few hundred.
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Just wait till you get a big one, it is even more fun.
Been catching swarms since I was a kid and I still get excited every spring, just too much fun!
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Did you get the queen jjodie? if you did you may consider putting a queen excluder between the bottom board and the hive box for about 3-4 days :) especially if it's gonna be 70 tomorrow, they just may decide to hit the air again ~
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Haven't seen her but believe I did. They seem calm and orderly, just held the cluster while the weather was cool. If not, I assume they will rejoin the original hive and I have two packages scheduled delivery Saturday. Hard to lose that way.
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:) Calm and orderly sounds promising.
Last year I had very swarmy bees, found that the queen excluder held them down enough days to settle them down, otherwise they would be gone the next morning.
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They are flying around and beginning to take sugar water. 69 degrees and they are getting active. Calm and don't get agitated when I open the hive. Just don't seem bothered about drawing comb yet. Going foundationless again.