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Offline JP

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Lake Vista Swarm Catch-April 14, 2011
« on: April 20, 2011, 03:28:30 pm »
Had to open up a wall and go through quite a bit of trouble to remove this newly established swarm but the outcome was awesome!


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Re: Lake Vista Swarm Catch-April 14, 2011
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2011, 06:52:23 pm »
"She has a little Tiara" and it was so straight faced!
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Re: Lake Vista Swarm Catch-April 14, 2011
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2011, 08:47:05 pm »
I would have liked to seen a close up shot of the top plate of the wall after the bees were removed to see how much wax the bees had placed already.   I does not take them very long to get started.   Sorry it took so long to convince them to go into that hive.   Great video.   Thanks JP.
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Re: Lake Vista Swarm Catch-April 14, 2011
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2011, 09:35:18 pm »
JP

Have you ever used a white cloth as a ramp into your hives for a swarm?  I did it on my first removal 4 years ago and 2x since then.  Worked very well every time.  Also seen some videos on European skep keepers using them.  Just duc tape one end to a wall and the other to the landing board and they go right in.  Works best if they are going up stream.
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Re: Lake Vista Swarm Catch-April 14, 2011
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2011, 02:13:28 am »
Well that did not look easy, but thank goodness you found the queen.  JP it sure looks like more than 3 lbs of bees to me. I know the packages are 3 lbs of bees and they look really small compared to all those bees.
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Offline JP

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Re: Lake Vista Swarm Catch-April 14, 2011
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2011, 10:43:03 am »
Maybe it was more than three lbs Annette, you could be right.


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Re: Lake Vista Swarm Catch-April 14, 2011
« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2011, 11:40:23 am »
Not an easy one, but you did it!!!  Great job.
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