Worldwide Beekeeping
Beekeeping => Swarms, Cut Outs, Trap Outs and Bee Trees => Topic started by: Mikey N.C. on February 29, 2016, 05:55:19 pm
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Iddee, here's the tree, catawba,see chain saw cut
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Some fun to be had with that one!
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Make it look like this.
(https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi81.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fj226%2FIddee%2F6a343186.jpg&hash=0c80f9a789a62145b0bf290c57fec368c29871b4) (http://s81.photobucket.com/user/Iddee/media/6a343186.jpg.html)
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Tony & Bob, were able to split tree,(was going to be pushed over for baseball field @Pope Air Force Base ,N.C., they were able to find queen, they will go and see ,how many are still flying tomorrow.
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Good job.There's always more than one way to skin a cat.
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Tony, told me that the trying to rubberbanding of natural comb in empty frames, seemed flimsy,does that mean to use ,plastic,wax foundation to give fresh comb ? ?
Need any advice ,
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Did they find plastic comb in the tree?
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First thing, out he's mouth,we got to get a vacuum (bee),said they got half 5 gal. buc.of comb , after making other frames
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6 frames of it an better than a half of a 5 gal buck of good honey com
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No, what makes natural comb sterdy in a empty frame with rubber band ?
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Time Mike, they will glue that stuff in good and tight then build new comb to fill it in.The issue with a bee vac is getting power. Nice pics
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Come see me. I'll give you a vac catch box. You will just have to hook any shop vac to it and go to work.
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Sounds good
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Where can we get big rubber bands for comb ? ?
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Wal-mart.
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10-4 thanks
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good job and awesome photos mikey!.......
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Alright, Cov. It up(Tony) went to look this morning, couldn't get into base(AF) fast,got to hive about 9:45, he said yesterday that tree cavity, bees were at least 3 to 3 1/2 ft. down in the ground .He knows that he has a queen, is it possible with the weather we've been having, that their was more than one ? ? I'm going sent pics,what he described as balling, on the broke down part,where he cut comb,and where the hole down the tap root.
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Citup,said he borrowed a bee vac.,want to know if that's what might need to be done ? ?, or let it set(box), and when to release queen from clip ? ?
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DO NOT release queen from clip while on base. Wait until they are home. Queen in clip for a week is fine.
Yes, there may be two queens.
If time allows, I would wait to see if they moved into box. I would also spray the stump liberally with Fischers bee-quick.
If they force you to move quick, use vac.
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Take a deep frame to the office supply store to buy the rubber bands. You don't want them so strong that they will bow up the bottom bar of the frame. I will use 6 to 8 rubber bands per frame to hold the comb in. With a bee tree the comb is usually very "wonky" (not straight) and it makes it even more hard to band it in a frame.
The only combs you want to band in the frame is brood, not much honey at all.
If you do use bee quick (or any other bee moving chemical) be ready for them to abandon the hive or even abscond when you use the bee vac. Not only are you sucking up the bees but the chemical smell also, don't ask how I know this.
Great pics and good going so far!!
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If there is brood in the comb in the stump the bees will not leave and will raise a new queen.
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And to much,smoke not good either
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got all com out to day all bees in the box. when I let mybe t\3 bees on the ground to cold to fly.
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Temps. got down to about 30° last night, when they got to hive this morning, all bees in the box( thank god) screened entrance and brought home, Apis he had cut comb out of tap root in the ground, just didn't understand the balling. When he got home and unloaded box on stand he reached down to check screen at entrance, and screen fell off(staples??) Said they made noise he never heard, Boom bees out box like gangbusters, chased them around yard hehe,would have gave anything to see that, they all got stung,Tony 8 times, Bob 2, dogs too, once bees went back to box ,Tony was worried they might try and swarm,queen is still in clip, not knowing if it was possible there might be another queen, so he put on his (made) swarm bandit big enough for a swarm (we had looked at what was for sale, an thought that's to small,so made this) we'll wait for weather Sat. to release her.