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Offline skeeterhawk1960

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Inspection on my swarm Hive
« on: March 31, 2014, 08:02:42 pm »
I decided to check on my swarm that I installed, yesterday was a week ago. Cut a little burr comb or whatever you call it. They were really nice. You can work them with out any smoke or protection, unlike my other hive.
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Re: Inspection on my swarm Hive
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2014, 08:09:07 pm »
Sounds like a good score all around.
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Re: Inspection on my swarm Hive
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2014, 08:36:50 pm »
No, you cannot work them without smoke. You might one, twice, or ten times, but one day you will have ten to fifty stings within 3 seconds of popping the top.

Please don't do it.
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Re: Inspection on my swarm Hive
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2014, 11:07:37 pm »
heheh Yep, what Iddee said!!
   I recommend having the smoker ready. They ARE female, one day they will get you!    :laugh:
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Re: Inspection on my swarm Hive
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2014, 11:07:58 pm »
Quote from: iddee on March 31, 2014, 08:36:50 pm
No, you cannot work them without smoke. You might one, twice, or ten times, but one day you will have ten to fifty stings within 3 seconds of popping the top.

Please don't do it.

I suspect your not talking theory here.
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Re: Inspection on my swarm Hive
« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2014, 11:18:26 pm »
LOL, lazy and woody, you guys crack me up!!!!..... :D

gary, heed ALL of the words of wisdom.......  ;D................ :D
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Re: Inspection on my swarm Hive
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2014, 10:27:08 pm »
A couple years back I had a hive that I needed to find the queen in. Two deeps and a medium, boiling with bees. This was a queen I started 3 week before the blackberry bloom. She had been good up til now but I raised enough drone layers to recognize it pretty early.

Get to the hives I realize I've forgot my smoker. No big deal, I'm suited up. When I pulled the top deep off they blotted out the sun.
Picked up at least 50 stingers thru my jeans, got a couple inside my veil. Never did find the queen.

Three days later I go back to do battle. I've got a hooded sweatshirt under my veil and sweat pants over my jeans. The smoker is looking like the OLD 97

This day they were sweet as could be. I could have worked them buck nekid.

You just never know what kind of mood they'll be in.
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Re: Inspection on my swarm Hive
« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2014, 09:08:42 pm »
Woody, I don't want to see you work them butt neckkid, but I'd sure like to hear the story.
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Re: Inspection on my swarm Hive
« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2014, 09:48:13 pm »
That not something anybody want to see!
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