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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: schawee on March 30, 2013, 12:37:32 am

Title: swarms 14 and 15
Post by: schawee on March 30, 2013, 12:37:32 am

had a call from bridgeline office about 10:30 this morning that they had a swarm of bees by one of their well heads.i was at the camp working my bees and it was 4 miles from where I was.nice swarm about 4lbs.easy too,backed my truck right up to them. about 3 I got a call from a lady in hester that they have hundreds of thousands of bees in her backyard.bigger swarm than this morning ,about 6lbs.well had a great day today.             schawee
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Title: Re: swarms 14 and 15
Post by: Moots on March 30, 2013, 07:29:01 am

NICE...VERY NICE! :)

Bailey...don't look in your rear view mirror now, but he's smack on your bumper and he's charging hard. :lau:

Title: Re: swarms 14 and 15
Post by: schawee on March 30, 2013, 10:04:16 am

Bump and run!!!!   :-D

Title: Re: swarms 14 and 15
Post by: bud1 on March 30, 2013, 10:19:10 am

shawee bout half way , got no 5 Thursday and 6&7 yesterday. then went and caught 5qt. of croppie  dang been missing my naps

Title: Re: swarms 14 and 15
Post by: schawee on March 30, 2013, 10:49:20 pm

bud you will come on strong,this is your time with the swarms.now save me some of them croppie to catch .now go take a nap.

Title: Re: swarms 14 and 15
Post by: AllenF on March 30, 2013, 10:51:13 pm

And still waiting on swarm #1 up here.   

Title: Re: swarms 14 and 15
Post by: Georgia Boy on March 30, 2013, 11:24:15 pm

Hey Allen,

When should our swarms start???

David

Title: Re: swarms 14 and 15
Post by: bud1 on March 31, 2013, 10:21:09 am

shawee put no 8 in yesterday

Title: Re: swarms 14 and 15
Post by: AllenF on March 31, 2013, 03:06:40 pm

I got a swarm in a tree right now.   Just need someone to babysit the baby for me o get it. 

Title: Re: swarms 14 and 15
Post by: jmblakeney on March 31, 2013, 05:19:10 pm

I would be hard pressed not to take the baby with me to get it.... :-D

James

Title: Re: swarms 14 and 15
Post by: AllenF on March 31, 2013, 05:40:12 pm

I climbed the 8' ladder and racked 2 handfuls of cold wet bees into a box with the baby strapped to me.  I got stung on the wrist and thought that the 2 handfuls better be enough and came back inside to play and chill with the poop pants. 

Title: Re: swarms 14 and 15
Post by: tefer2 on March 31, 2013, 06:05:20 pm

You better not tell the wife about that little episode. :bee:

Title: Re: swarms 14 and 15
Post by: AllenF on March 31, 2013, 11:10:46 pm

She won't let me take my 3 month old mudding next weekend.   What gives?    :-D

Title: Re: swarms 14 and 15
Post by: divemaster1963 on March 31, 2013, 11:26:30 pm

Quote from: AllenF on March 31, 2013, 11:10:46 pm

She won't let me take my 3 month old mudding next weekend.   What gives?    :-D

Just tell her yall were outside playing mudpie making ;). I'm waiting on call backs on three hive cutous and a two trapouts. Hope they call back?

John