1
GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Swarm Trap deadout/abscond
« Last post by Occam on Today at 10:35:44 pm »Thanks for that! Sounds like a reasonable theory, I appreciate it
Hi Folks,
Sitting back, sitting here waiting on a call from the Wilbanks Apiary trailer.
My club has around 900 packages getting dropped off within the hour.
This is more fun than waiting til the last minute to file your taxes.
Funny, the average age of the members who show up for the unloading is around 67 yo. Canes, walkers knee braces,..... I'm getting too short to work inside the trailer! The feeble and the feeble minded.
Sitting back, sitting here waiting on a call.
Sal
Any other theories out there?When you catch a swarm its best to hive the bees as soon as possible and start feeding. The photo of the little piece of comb tells me they didnt have full honey stomachs and probably a smaller secondary swarm with a virgin queen. If the queen doesnt make it back from a mating flight the population will crash, some of the bees may have made their way back to the original colony or just starved.
Hi Folks,At 0154? God bless you.
Sitting back, sitting here waiting on a call from the Wilbanks Apiary trailer.
My club has around 900 packages getting dropped off within the hour.
This is more fun than waiting til the last minute to file your taxes.
Funny, the average age of the members who show up for the unloading is around 67 yo. Canes, walkers knee braces,..... I'm getting too short to work inside the trailer! The feeble and the feeble minded.
Sitting back, sitting here waiting on a call.
Sal
Beetle Jails are a good monitor for SHB's and will catch them if they hive is invaded.
Need to change baits every 2 or 3 weeks, not as messy as other systems. Also fi into migratory bee keeping systems
Took down three swarm traps and moved bees to bee yard, have one more to do in the morning. Put on some supers and checked on others.
Just my thoughts on the previous posts I have started using all frames with foundation in my swarm traps. My first two years I used open frames but with temps in the 90's on these fine Louisiana back roads I had to much of it collapse on me. Since I have started use frames with foundation I have not seen any difference in outcome, using four traps I usually catch 10 to 15 each year.