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Offline Mosti

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Cut out question.
« on: June 04, 2015, 02:11:56 pm »
When you do a cut out do you remove the nuc / hive later in the evening. ..so as to collect all the foragers too?

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Re: Cut out question.
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2015, 03:48:42 pm »
That is the best way to do it.
If you have to travel very far just wait as long as possible and then take them with you, but give warning to the property owners that there will be a small ball of bees gathered there for several days. They will finally disperse to parts unknown or die off. It is thought that they will beg their way into another hive, and they may just do that too.
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Re: Cut out question.
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2015, 03:56:30 pm »
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Re: Cut out question.
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2015, 05:13:49 pm »
Yes, I wait as long as I can. Sometimes even a few days, if the home owner is agreeable and it's close to home.
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Re: Cut out question.
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2015, 06:56:40 pm »
I wait till dark too.  Sometimes I get lucky and it rains.  They seem to all pile in then as well.

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Re: Cut out question.
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2015, 06:41:17 am »
Thanks for the replies :-)