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Beekeeping => Swarms, Cut Outs, Trap Outs and Bee Trees => Topic started by: G3farms on June 04, 2016, 08:00:41 pm

Title: open air colony in TN, new one for me!!
Post by: G3farms on June 04, 2016, 08:00:41 pm
Got a call that there were bees in the hedge. Of course like any beekeep my first thought was a swarm. I always ask them to describe what they are seeing........"big as a football and can see some of the comb"..........what?!?!........comb???.......in the bush??

Yep an open air colony, first one I have ever encountered. Kind of an oddity in my mind.
Raining good today so will trim them out tomorrow.



(https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs33.postimg.cc%2Fgjnycg5vf%2Fopen_air_colony.jpg&hash=1e36b39c9c5decc492d9418b4d2c34860d058909) (http://postimg.cc/image/gjnycg5vf/)
Title: Re: open air colony in TN, new one for me!!
Post by: pistolpete on June 05, 2016, 12:27:09 am
neat
Title: Re: open air colony in TN, new one for me!!
Post by: Lburou on June 05, 2016, 01:11:30 pm
These creatures are amazing in their tenacity to survive.  Here is one we took from about 25 feet up.


(https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs33.postimg.cc%2Fj354et9iz%2FP1030426.jpg&hash=bc128f7793a02747f16291cf36a37fa75031478e) (http://postimg.cc/image/j354et9iz/)


(https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs33.postimg.cc%2F4lzy0n7gb%2FP1030429.jpg&hash=0f9d07a66ee46101d9d844ad76db1b406b1e8720) (http://postimg.cc/image/4lzy0n7gb/)
Title: Re: open air colony in TN, new one for me!!
Post by: G3farms on June 05, 2016, 04:23:42 pm
Well got them cut out of the bush after church and in a hive body before it started raining.

(https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs33.postimg.cc%2Fqitp692bf%2Fopen_air_colony_1.jpg&hash=739ca7b785878b9ef8fa03ee1687c86b9379727a) (http://postimg.cc/image/qitp692bf/)
Title: Re: open air colony in TN, new one for me!!
Post by: Lburou on June 05, 2016, 05:53:06 pm
Way to go Jack, just in a nick of time!  :)
Title: Re: open air colony in TN, new one for me!!
Post by: LazyBkpr on June 06, 2016, 12:47:49 am

   Never seen one in a bush, but had an open air colony in the rafters of a barn I had to remove.. is that still open air??    :P