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Beekeeping => Swarms, Cut Outs, Trap Outs and Bee Trees => Topic started by: Yankee11 on May 02, 2015, 10:19:20 pm

Title: Swarm #4 for this week.
Post by: Yankee11 on May 02, 2015, 10:19:20 pm

This one moved in today in a trap in our home yard. I went down to the yard right as this one started. Got to watch the whole thing happen.

Way cool.


(https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs8.postimg.cc%2F429x3ctpt%2F20150502_130610.jpg&hash=579576b4da0e0091fe801423a489aa2cc48a0f6c) (http://postimg.cc/image/429x3ctpt/)

We were going to the yard to get a fame of eggs for the trap out we started today.  :) 2 for Saturday.


(https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs13.postimg.cc%2Ftoga07fc3%2F20150502_144348.jpg&hash=24026401d7a0d42b27e5957c22d9e6019664d65d) (http://postimg.cc/image/toga07fc3/)

Title: Re: Swarm #4 for this week.
Post by: rrog13 on May 02, 2015, 11:05:41 pm

Nice!...It sure is awesome to be there and see it happen.   :bee:

Title: Re: Swarm #4 for this week.
Post by: tbonekel on May 03, 2015, 07:18:52 am

Nice trap out setup!

Title: Re: Swarm #4 for this week.
Post by: rrog13 on May 03, 2015, 07:35:07 am

I’ve never used that type of swarm trap.  Curious….How long do you let them stay before moving them into a hive box?  I imagine if too much time passes, you’ll have to do a cut out.

Title: Re: Swarm #4 for this week.
Post by: Perry on May 03, 2015, 07:36:45 am

You da man in your area Yankee. I still haven't unwrapped mine yet. ;D

Title: Re: Swarm #4 for this week.
Post by: Yankee11 on May 04, 2015, 12:22:39 am

Rrog. Yea..to long and ya gotta cut them out. Not bad though. These i dumped in a deep hive today. Then set the trap back up. Lol

Perry- remeber all those boxes i made this winter. Frames i put together.....im out of hardware already. All my nuc boxes are full. Several bays of my queen castle has a mated queen in it.  I will be outa supers very soon.

Title: Re: Swarm #4 for this week.
Post by: Jen on May 04, 2015, 12:51:41 am

So Yankee, when are we gonna hear about the honeysuckle hives. I'm going to need more of that honey for next winter  ;D  Please, that is  ;)

Title: Re: Swarm #4 for this week.
Post by: Yankee11 on May 04, 2015, 11:16:40 am

Jen, I'll post a video on Honeysuckle Hives new thread.

Title: Re: Swarm #4 for this week.
Post by: capt44 on May 09, 2015, 10:43:37 pm

I've got 5 flower pot type traps with bees in the now.
I haven't checked on the ones I set around the pasture where one of my bee yards is.
I just got a case of pots in today so I'll be  putting out several more.
I'll have out around 40 traps.

Title: Re: Swarm #4 for this week.
Post by: rrog13 on May 10, 2015, 07:47:40 am

holy moly capt44, that's a lot of swarm traps .....and potential cut outs.