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Beekeeping => Beekeeping 101 => Topic started by: Blair Sampson on June 07, 2017, 04:36:46 pm

Title: Re-establishing a swarm
Post by: Blair Sampson on June 07, 2017, 04:36:46 pm
This morning I witnessed the swarming of one of my hive. This being my first full season as a beekeeper, this was a first for me. It's quite a spectacle. I actually heard the swarm prior to seeing it.

I was successful in capturing this swarm and now have it in a swarm box. Plans are to start a new colony. Question is: can I start this new colony in the same bee yard it swarmed from?
Title: Re: Re-establishing a swarm
Post by: gibb on June 07, 2017, 05:17:55 pm
Yes, I had three last week that I captured and set-up in new deeps, if you have any drawn out frames that will help. I  had lost a hive so have been using it to start the new swarms adding a couple of frames to each new hive.
Jim
Title: Re: Re-establishing a swarm
Post by: Lburou on June 07, 2017, 07:21:20 pm
You can set the swarm anywhere you want on the day of the swarm, they will reorient.
Title: Re: Re-establishing a swarm
Post by: CBT on June 07, 2017, 10:23:19 pm
If you add a frame of brood spritz with lite syrup and a drop of vanilla if you don't have any honey bee healthy type product and the swarm will stay in the box. :yes: ;D