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Offline Yankee11

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Swarm #4 for this week.
« on: May 02, 2015, 10:19:20 pm »
This one moved in today in a trap in our home yard. I went down to the yard right as this one started. Got to watch the whole thing happen.

Way cool.




We were going to the yard to get a fame of eggs for the trap out we started today.  :) 2 for Saturday.



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Re: Swarm #4 for this week.
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2015, 11:05:41 pm »
Nice!...It sure is awesome to be there and see it happen.   :bee:
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Re: Swarm #4 for this week.
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2015, 07:18:52 am »
Nice trap out setup!
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Re: Swarm #4 for this week.
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2015, 07:35:07 am »
I’ve never used that type of swarm trap.  Curious….How long do you let them stay before moving them into a hive box?  I imagine if too much time passes, you’ll have to do a cut out.
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Re: Swarm #4 for this week.
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2015, 07:36:45 am »
You da man in your area Yankee. I still haven't unwrapped mine yet. ;D
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Re: Swarm #4 for this week.
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2015, 12:22:39 am »
Rrog. Yea..to long and ya gotta cut them out. Not bad though. These i dumped in a deep hive today. Then set the trap back up. Lol

Perry- remeber all those boxes i made this winter. Frames i put together.....im out of hardware already. All my nuc boxes are full. Several bays of my queen castle has a mated queen in it.  I will be outa supers very soon.
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Re: Swarm #4 for this week.
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2015, 12:51:41 am »
So Yankee, when are we gonna hear about the honeysuckle hives. I'm going to need more of that honey for next winter  ;D  Please, that is  ;)
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Re: Swarm #4 for this week.
« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2015, 11:16:40 am »
Jen, I'll post a video on Honeysuckle Hives new thread.
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Re: Swarm #4 for this week.
« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2015, 10:43:37 pm »
I've got 5 flower pot type traps with bees in the now.
I haven't checked on the ones I set around the pasture where one of my bee yards is.
I just got a case of pots in today so I'll be  putting out several more.
I'll have out around 40 traps.
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Re: Swarm #4 for this week.
« Reply #9 on: May 10, 2015, 07:47:40 am »
holy moly capt44, that's a lot of swarm traps .....and potential cut outs.
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