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Blueblood's Twenty First Swarm of 2016
« on: May 27, 2016, 09:18:16 am »
Number 21 Swarm of the 2016 and number 4 or 5 on this little pine alone.  I have lost count.

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Re: Blueblood's Twenty First Swarm of 2016
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2016, 09:57:32 am »
Your on a roll Blue.Have you thought about leaving a empty nuc. parked under that pine tree?May be save yourself a step. :)
I don't know.It was like that when I got here.

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Re: Blueblood's Twenty First Swarm of 2016
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2016, 12:29:12 pm »
Your on a roll Blue.Have you thought about leaving a empty nuc. parked under that pine tree?May be save yourself a step. :)

I did that my first year and they would swarm right above it, ha! I may try it again.

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Re: Blueblood's Twenty First Swarm of 2016
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2016, 05:26:01 pm »
Two swarms today, both moved into NUCS in my bee shed!!!!   It is always nice when they decide to split and hive themselves for you!!!!
   GOT to get into my hives tomorrow!!!!
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Re: Blueblood's Twenty First Swarm of 2016
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2016, 04:35:24 pm »
Heck yeah!


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Re: Blueblood's Twenty First Swarm of 2016
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2016, 05:10:37 pm »
Not enough time in the day for many of us it seems. :-[
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