Worldwide Beekeeping
Beekeeping => General Beekeeping => Topic started by: The15thMember on April 24, 2023, 10:46:21 pm
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As some of you may know, I have an extremely small tree just across my property line that all my swarms usually land on. I'm always grateful that my swarm tree is so convenient, but today I had a swarm that got even more convenient. We have this weird old shelving unit at the top of the steps up to my bee yard, which I have some wood on which I have drilled for native bee nests. There is a slice of wood sitting on the top of the shelf that is too thin to drill (it would only be thick enough for one or two nest chambers), and due to laziness, I just left it there. Well today, I had a swarm land on this slice of wood. It was the easiest swarm catch ever, I just picked up the wood, shook and brushed the bees into a hive, took it back and let the stragglers land, then brushed them in, done. I didn't need a second set of hands or a suit, and the whole thing start to finish, including getting the equipment set up, took only a half hour.
(https://i.ibb.co/2nGf1DQ/Native-Bee-Swarm-001.jpg) (https://ibb.co/2nGf1DQ)
(https://i.ibb.co/W2KLPsv/Native-Bee-Swarm-003.jpg) (https://ibb.co/W2KLPsv)
(https://i.ibb.co/617SXkK/Native-Bee-Swarm-004.jpg) (https://ibb.co/617SXkK)
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Love it! and awesome photo's! ;)
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I would call your "weird old shelving unit" a baker's rack. ;D
That was soooo easy for you! I'd leave that rack there permanently.
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Exactly Baker!
I would leave that weird old bakers rack right there! Ya see these cedars up on the bank? my very first swarm 20 years ago landed on the one cedar in the middle there. That is the tree that All of my swarms go to almost every single time! If they go anywhere else its the tree next to it.
(https://i.ibb.co/mRqrH9W/341609012-1222345251752183-3771598050301456678-n-1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/mRqrH9W)
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I would call your "weird old shelving unit" a baker's rack. ;D
Hey, you might be right!
That was soooo easy for you! I'd leave that rack there permanently.
Exactly Baker!
I would leave that weird old bakers rack right there! Ya see these cedars up on the bank? my very first swarm 20 years ago landed on the one cedar in the middle there. That is the tree that All of my swarms go to almost every single time! If they go anywhere else its the tree next to it.
(https://i.ibb.co/mRqrH9W/341609012-1222345251752183-3771598050301456678-n-1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/mRqrH9W)
That's the plan! That's why I never cut the limbs on the swarm tree, and the only time I didn't have a swarm land on it was when I had a swarm that wasn't from one of my hives that flew in from the other direction.
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How cooperative of them! :)
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It works! I got another one this morning! ;D
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AAwwwwe, that's Great News! Happy for you ;D
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Cool!
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Love it when they do that! The only time its easier is when they decide to SWARM into a hive I have assembled waiting for a swarm!