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Offline BeeMaster2

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Woke up this morning to see this.
« on: May 08, 2018, 10:35:37 am »
I was getting my son up this morning and when I opened the curtains here is what I saw:

The first picture is the swarm on top of the hummingbird feeder bottle. The second picture is the bees that were on the bottom part of the feeder. They were so heavy it fell off.
I pa double deep Nuc in front of them on the ground and picked up the bottom piece and shook them in. The queen was in it so I picked her up, took her inside, marked her and put her in a cage in the box. Will be moving the box after breakfast.
Jim
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Re: Woke up this morning to see this.
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2018, 12:25:11 pm »
Sweet!  That's a nice swarm and an easy catch. 

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Re: Woke up this morning to see this.
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2018, 12:51:43 pm »
Awesome!
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Re: Woke up this morning to see this.
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2018, 01:00:39 pm »
That is a beautiful fence in the background.  Nice catch, Master Jim!!!
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Re: Woke up this morning to see this.
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2018, 02:42:11 pm »
Nice Situtation!!
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Re: Woke up this morning to see this.
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2018, 03:00:02 pm »
very nice
« Last Edit: May 08, 2018, 05:41:55 pm by jtcmedic »
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Re: Woke up this morning to see this.
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2018, 03:04:49 pm »
Thanks everyone.
I suspect they swarmed yesterday, we were gone from 2:00 PM until after dark.
They are all in the box and moved it o the apiary.
I will release the virgin queen on Thursday. 
Jim
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Re: Woke up this morning to see this.
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2018, 09:51:33 pm »
Not a bad sight to see, first thing in the morning.   :smile:
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Re: Woke up this morning to see this.
« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2018, 11:10:22 pm »
Really cool photo.
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Re: Woke up this morning to see this.
« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2018, 07:57:23 am »
I need to re scent my bait hives and or hope to find something like this. So far no luck this year.
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Re: Woke up this morning to see this.
« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2018, 08:12:52 am »
Quote from: sawdstmakr on May 08, 2018, 03:04:49 pm
I will release the virgin queen on Thursday. 
Jim
Why did she have to be caged?  Was this one of your hives?
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Re: Woke up this morning to see this.
« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2018, 08:30:36 am »
Quote from: Acebird on May 09, 2018, 08:12:52 am
Quote from: sawdstmakr on May 08, 2018, 03:04:49 pm
I will release the virgin queen on Thursday. 
Jim
Why did she have to be caged?  Was this one of your hives?
I?m pretty sure this is from one of my hives. By keeping her in the hive for a couple of days, the bees are locked to the box and start building and storing in it. When I release her they have a better chance of staying.
Jim
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Re: Woke up this morning to see this.
« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2018, 07:48:26 pm »
Quote from: sawdstmakr on May 09, 2018, 08:30:36 am
Quote from: Acebird on May 09, 2018, 08:12:52 am
Quote from: sawdstmakr on May 08, 2018, 03:04:49 pm
I will release the virgin queen on Thursday. 
Jim
Why did she have to be caged?  Was this one of your hives?
I?m pretty sure this is from one of my hives. By keeping her in the hive for a couple of days, the bees are locked to the box and start building and storing in it. When I release her they have a better chance of staying.
Jim

Another option is to put a queen excluder over the entrance.
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Re: Woke up this morning to see this.
« Reply #13 on: May 09, 2018, 09:03:34 pm »
Yes Moe,
I do that when I cannot find the queen. Tomorrow I will be letting them out.
I checked on them 30 minutes and a lot of bees were orienting.
Jim
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