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Beekeeping => Swarms, Cut Outs, Trap Outs and Bee Trees => Topic started by: blueblood on May 17, 2015, 10:43:12 pm

Title: Blueblood's Sixth and Seventh Swarm 2015 One lost One Won
Post by: blueblood on May 17, 2015, 10:43:12 pm
Sixth and Seventh Swarms today.  The sixth was around noon today.  It was very small (pocket swarm).  I couldn't find the queen but hived them in a nuc anyway.  I went back to check them around 5pm and they swarmed right in front of me and flew off to the west like the last swarm I lost.  I didn't chase them this time.

Seventh came by way of a Facebook post which a fellow LEO friend saw and in turn notified me.  I drove to Bengal in Shelby County around 7pm.  Not sure what time it was exactly.  Anyway, they were hanging 6-7 feet off of the ground on small tree.  Backed up and shook them in a deep box.  It was was going to be dark in a soon so I stuck around until they all calmed down.  Learned some great history about the owner's family farm including a very neat photo and introduced her young man to metal detecting a little.  Thanks Debbie for looking out for the bees and allowing me to capture them!  Drove back home and placed them in their spot in the yard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw_GVqD5CL8&feature=youtu.be
Title: Re: Blueblood's Sixth and Seventh Swarm 2015 One lost One Won
Post by: Jen on May 17, 2015, 10:48:44 pm
Good Job!  :goodjob:
Title: Re: Blueblood's Sixth and Seventh Swarm 2015 One lost One Won
Post by: riverbee on May 17, 2015, 10:54:42 pm
a good day blue!!!!!
enjoyed the video, especially this part...........

"it'll get kinda' crazy but it's okay"................ :D :D :D
Title: Re: Blueblood's Sixth and Seventh Swarm 2015 One lost One Won
Post by: blueblood on May 17, 2015, 11:11:06 pm
Quote from: riverbee on May 17, 2015, 10:54:42 pm
a good day blue!!!!!
enjoyed the video, especially this part...........

"it'll get kinda' crazy but it's okay"................ :D :D :D

Ha! I try to prepare them for the cloud of bees.  She posted the swarm on Facebook to see if anyone would help her with the swarm.  A friend of mine saw it and alerted me.  She was telling me how one facebook friend told her the solution was a flame throwers.  She corrected that person and said she wanted to help them not kill them.  But, goes to show ya the mentality out there.  I can't think about folks killing swarm too long or I will start having tremors, ha! I am sure it happens every day everywhere, every year.  Most likely, it's a cog in the wheel of dangers for bee populations.
Title: Re: Blueblood's Sixth and Seventh Swarm 2015 One lost One Won
Post by: Jen on May 17, 2015, 11:38:41 pm
Blue- "She was telling me how one facebook friend told her the solution was a flame throwers.

        :D :D :D
Title: Re: Blueblood's Sixth and Seventh Swarm 2015 One lost One Won
Post by: jb63 on May 18, 2015, 10:09:53 am
Nice catch Blue.
Title: Re: Blueblood's Sixth and Seventh Swarm 2015 One lost One Won
Post by: rrog13 on May 18, 2015, 11:42:44 am
Nice video......enjoyed it!