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That sonds like what I was thinking, that they will swarm out of the tree so you can catch them. How would we catch them? Is there a book on that? I found videos here but they don't tell you how exactly. We saw them last June in big balls up on the tree limbs but we didn't know how to get them down. There was three that we could see. We could of had those in the boxes by now?

The best thing to do is to leave those bees alone. It is a lot of work to remove them from trees, and you have to destroy the tree to get them out. If you want bees, get some equipment, and catch a swarm from one of those hives. Join a local bee club. Ignore the advice non-beekeepers give you about beekeeping.

I'm wondering what to do with these bees out here in the woods past our fields. We have found six beehives in the trees out there, it runs down a river for miles. I am sure they are the honey type of bees that people have in those white boxes, but these bees are really black and they look kinda dinky. Is there some way to tame them and make them go into the white boxes so we can make honey? We don't want to destroy any of our big trees though. Can we smoke them out of the trees and catch them in a net, and then put the net in a white box and close the lid? Would they stay there and make honey? Could we get them when they hybernate? How can we do this without getting attacked? Mamma says she could be allergic. Someone said you can run a hose from the tailpipe of the mule for just a few minutes and that they would go to sleep for 15 minutes. Is that long enough to scoop them up and put them in on of those white boxes? Where do you get those white boxes?

Hey CountryBoy...Are you anywhere close to Columbus Ohio? I would love to come out and check your apiary out sometime. I am a 1st yr beekeeper...so basically a moron...lol. Always looking for ways to build my knowledge base. I started with six hives and got the opportunity to get two queens thru the Ohio Queen project being conducted by COBA ( central Ohio Beekeepers Assoc. ) to support Jim Tews beelab in Wooster. Anyways...I pulled frames from all six hives and made splits for the new queens. Going to release or place marshmellows in the queen cages for the bees to release them tomorrow...

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After I killed the queen, I did not put that box back on the hive because there were eggs and larva the bees could make a new queen from. Under no circumstances did I want to give the bees a chance to raise a queen from those vicious genetics. If I did not smash the queen cells they started, the queen they raised would likely have been vicious also. This method is a 100% guaranteed method of forcing the bees to make a new queen of different genetics.

Just watched your video about your hot hive. I'm confused about the requeening method you used. Once you killed the aggressive queen, why didn't you put that box back on the tower that day? I don't understand why you let the hive even start the queen cells that you went back and smooshed. I really enjoy your videos.

I had 3 weak nucs die before the end of December. They were too small to maintain cluster heat. I had 3 strong nucs starve before I could get to that yard in early March. Those nuc losses were about 30% of my overwintered nucs.

howd the overwintering nucs end out?