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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?

« Last post by Terri Yaki on Today at 10:18:35 am »

You might get a leaf blower to work.  A air compressor is too powerful.

With a pressure regulator, I can reduce to flow to anything down to almost nothing. You'll probably get a report on its success in the future.

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?

« Last post by cao on Today at 09:56:36 am »

From your hives in the background?

Actually, the hive it probably came from was to the right of the picture.  The ones in the background are the splits I made a few weeks ago.  Just a side note, I need shorter trees.  The swarms that I caught 10 years ago were not nearly as hard to reach.  My fruit trees are getting too tall.  That should be something to consider when starting an apiary.  Have short trees or bushes for swarms to land on.

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?

« Last post by Michael Bush on Today at 09:51:29 am »

You might get a leaf blower to work.  A air compressor is too powerful.

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DISEASE & PEST CONTROL / Re: And you think bears are bad ?? Look out when the elephants attack.

« Last post by Jim134 on Today at 08:33:13 am »

Except the bees keep elephants away, they don't draw them in like bears!   

I could say the same thing about the farmers.. Who plant their crops.. The elephants like To eat.. So the farmers use the bees as a live Deterrent .. The elephants can smell the crops..


    BEE HAPPY  Jim134   

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?

« Last post by Terri Yaki on Today at 08:13:45 am »

Whenever removing bees from combs you need to be decisive.  Violent even.  Brush with hard flicks.  Never try to gently brush bees.  They just hold on tighter and get angry.

Sounds like good advice. I do have a pressure regulator on my air hose, do you think that would work if I got it adjusted properly?

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?

« Last post by Michael Bush on Today at 06:33:57 am »

Whenever removing bees from combs you need to be decisive.  Violent even.  Brush with hard flicks.  Never try to gently brush bees.  They just hold on tighter and get angry.

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?

« Last post by Lesgold on Today at 04:16:54 am »

From varroa testing, there are about 300 bees per 1/2 cup. Therefore with some simple sums, that?s about 2400 bees per litre. Or about 22800 bees for your half bucket. Not a bad little swarm. That should make a nice hive. That should produce a surplus for you this season.

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?

« Last post by beesnweeds on April 24, 2024, 11:14:04 pm »

That was the third one caught today. 

From your hives in the background?

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?

« Last post by cao on April 24, 2024, 11:05:22 pm »

How many bees fit into a five gallon bucket?  Or more to the point a bucket half full of bees.  Cause that is how big the swarm was that I caught the evening.  That was the third one caught today.  First one was at a neighbors house.  Was the size of a volleyball.  Second one was about twice the size of the first.  Then came the big one in the picture.

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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?

« Last post by Ben Framed on April 24, 2024, 10:38:14 pm »

I'm trying to make some wise crack about how a 17 minute video is too long and I can't watch it at 1.5x speed, but nothing clever is coming to me.   

Hum,   now where have we heard that before?