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Offline Curtchann

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Tree Trap out
« on: July 05, 2016, 05:14:47 pm »
Set a trap out today for a local landowner. Bees are getting aggressive. Need to level out the box a little more. Tough terrain on the slope and ditch.

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Re: Tree Trap out
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2016, 10:24:34 pm »
It doesn't look like you have a frame of open brood and eggs in the hive. If not, that's why they are aggressive.
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Re: Tree Trap out
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2016, 06:09:31 pm »
Added the frame of eggs and open brood today. They calmed very quickly. Lots of fanning at the entrance when I left.
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Re: Tree Trap out
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2016, 09:41:20 pm »
Looking good!!

Some of the trap out stands are tough to come up with, looks like you did a good job of it though!
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Re: Tree Trap out
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2016, 12:31:54 am »
Checked on the trap out this evening. Bees still moving out of cone. Noticed 3 larvae dropped in cone that bees were attempting to remove. Has been on for a week now.
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Re: Tree Trap out
« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2016, 07:30:29 am »
I usually just screw some metal shelf brackets to the tree.
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Re: Tree Trap out
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2016, 08:19:47 am »
The other frame with a queen cell I put in had the queen cell tore diwn. Guess they liked this frame better.

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Re: Tree Trap out
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2016, 12:44:14 pm »



I got this idea speaking with fellow Guilford Beekeeper, Roy Lowe.  My neighbor (and fellow beekeeper)  hunts and has several tree stands.   He set up the stand and I set up the bait hive. 
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Re: Tree Trap out
« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2016, 02:06:03 pm »
Hey Jacobs. Is that a swarm trap, or a trap-out? I don't see a cone. ???
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Re: Tree Trap out
« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2016, 08:10:52 pm »
It is a trapout.  The cone is hard to see, but it is near the upper entrance/inner cover of the nuc.  I just got back from checking it and it looks like the nuc has plenty of bees and I can take it home and put another one up with a Wayne's Bee brood frame in it.  I just need to double check timing so that I am not moving it when the queen development is in the most delicate stage.
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Re: Tree Trap out
« Reply #10 on: July 23, 2016, 07:33:32 am »
Update....
Have not seen any bees exiting hive for a few days. The bees have filled a medium super of drawn comb with honey. The queen cell they made that I found last week has disappeared. Not sure if it hatched and they tore down the cell. The two deep frames of brood I gave them are being backfilled with nectar. They are starting to draw more frames of foundation. I have more mediums with drawn comb that I could put in and add anothet box under the other full medium. Should I give them some more frames of capped brood? I'm kinda concerned if a queen hatched and she comes back from mating flight and has no room to lay.
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Re: Tree Trap out
« Reply #11 on: July 23, 2016, 08:25:19 am »
She should not start laying for another week or more. In the meantime, they should draw comb in the deep. A frame of capped brood never hurts if there are enough bees to cover it.
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Re: Tree Trap out
« Reply #12 on: July 23, 2016, 08:30:08 am »
Thanks Iddee! Will be adding some capped brood this afternoon. Plenty of bees in there. Will take some updates pics.
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