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Steve4548
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May 26, 2014, 06:12:45 pm »
I had a ton of bees searching around today, gave it a shot.
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May 26, 2014, 09:55:32 pm »
Hmmm. Anything is possible. Anything inside to attract them??
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May 26, 2014, 11:16:17 pm »
Never can tell, just like fishing.
A piece of old comb or even some propolis will have them poking around a little more.
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Steve4548
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May 27, 2014, 04:21:43 pm »
More or less just for fun. I put some essential oils and waxed plastic foundation.
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May 29, 2014, 10:30:19 pm »
I had a swarm ignore a swarm box 15 feet away from a gas grill they decided to move into....
Never can tell what they will do!
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May 30, 2014, 01:47:51 am »
There is a video on youtube that shows a guy using a box like that and catching swarms. Tom
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May 30, 2014, 05:58:10 pm »
Here you go just found it again. Tom
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Steve4548
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I had a lot of interest but in the end they went into the neighbors garage
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June 07, 2014, 09:38:50 pm »
So be a good neighbor and remove them
. Jim
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