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Offline Alleyyooper

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« on: October 17, 2014, 09:13:57 am »
Was reading a older bee keeping book from the early 1900's. They mentioned a method of drumming honey bees from sections of logs that loggers had cut and found honey bees in. The method as I gathered from the book was to stand the log up set a hive on top then using a big hammer or sledge drum on the log starting on the bottom working your way up. Book said it usually took about a hour and a half to drum the bees from a 8 foot saw log.

I have taken bees out of logs but all have been by using the chain saw method. I will have to try this drumming thing some time. Of course you need some type of equipment to stand the log up to start with.





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Re: Drumming
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2014, 09:35:16 am »
I have heard the old folks talk about it, but have never tried it. They just used something like a stick of firewood. They said the constant vibration was what made them move. You didn't have to hit hard, just steady. Like playing drums in a band.
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Re: Drumming
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2014, 11:41:00 pm »
I have also herd of drumming on a empty hive to draw a swarm down when it's high up in a tree.

Anyone ever herd of this either?
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Re: Drumming
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2014, 11:57:27 pm »
I'm not sure but I believe it was Tec that said when a swarm is rising in the air, to repeatedly bang of the side of a metal shed, or the metal garbage can, even get pots and pans and bang them together, and often the swarm will come back down.
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Re: Drumming
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2014, 01:01:59 am »
This thread is getting complicated.

I think the technique Jen is thinking of is "tanging" which is used, amongst other things, to make a flying swarm settle.

The "drumming" Alley describes is very akin to "driving" which was used in skep beekeeping. I believe a type of skep beekeeping is still used in parts of Europe.
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Re: Drumming
« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2014, 01:12:47 am »
Well ya learn something new everday! Never heard of tanging... very interesting and thank you Barbarian  :)
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Re: Drumming
« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2014, 04:47:16 am »
Kare and I have use the method of making like thunder to get a swarm to settle. She likes to drum on a 5 gallon plastic pail bottom and like to bang two hive tools together.
I know the next time I get a chance at a log I am going to give drumming a try.

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