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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => HONEYBEE REMOVAL => Topic started by: Stuart Coyle on October 28, 2022, 05:16:16 pm

Title: What to do next with this swarm?
Post by: Stuart Coyle on October 28, 2022, 05:16:16 pm

Yesterday got a swarm on a stone wall they were clumped on the wall only a foot off the ground. I got most of the bees into a hive but I suspect the queen is deep in a crevice in the wall. This morning they are still around, any good ideas on how to get the queen? I can't pull the rocks out of the wall. I think smoke will be my first port of call.

Title: Re: What to do next with this swarm?
Post by: G3farms on October 28, 2022, 08:11:55 pm

treat it as a trap out. Put the hive of bees back in front of the crack in the wall and put a trap out cone over the crack in the wall. If this is truly a new swarm that has just moved in they will all be out in a couple of days.............hopefully into you hive.

 

Title: Re: What to do next with this swarm?
Post by: Stuart Coyle on October 28, 2022, 08:40:49 pm

Thanks today I learned about trap out cones. Seems to be working, by 10am it looks like there are very few bees in the wall and most in the box. I guess the queen decided to move to more comfortable lodgings.