Honey bees were swarming near my Emu pasture and I decided to video them... near the end of this video, I cut off the branch the swarm was on and transplanted the entire swarm into a hive body at my apiary.
Hi Fred, what I found helpful when collecting swarms is to place a frame of brood in the hive, that will hold the bees there, however, if the scouts agree on a place their really excited about, they will leave the hive & brood for the new location that excites them so much, If you collect it late in the afternoon & wait till all the bees are in, moving the hive to a new location away from familiar country to them, you can guarantee they'll stay in the box. That's my experience, regards Jeff
@mugsyjeff Thanks Jeff.. that's al good info... this method worked for me... adding brood would certainly jump start the colony! Thank you for posting your experience...
I'd like to let everyone know that not only did this colony survive winter in great style, every colony I have made it this year, 100% of my bees made it through winter and are going strong. I use no treatments nor meds to help them along, these are survivor bees... hygienic and resistant naturally... the industry as a whole however is not doing very well. WE need more backyard apiaries that are not trucked about the country. Thanks for watching!
Call your area bee keepers association... you can find them online normally, or via your Dept. of Ag. Extension office.. they will have a contact for you....
Hi Fred, what I found helpful when collecting swarms is to place a frame of brood in the hive, that will hold the bees there, however, if the scouts agree on a place their really excited about, they will leave the hive & brood for the new location that excites them so much, If you collect it late in the afternoon & wait till all the bees are in, moving the hive to a new location away from familiar country to them, you can guarantee they'll stay in the box. That's my experience, regards Jeff
mugsyjeff 6 months ago
@mugsyjeff Thanks Jeff.. that's al good info... this method worked for me... adding brood would certainly jump start the colony! Thank you for posting your experience...
HTCSWEOD 6 months ago
I'd like to let everyone know that not only did this colony survive winter in great style, every colony I have made it this year, 100% of my bees made it through winter and are going strong. I use no treatments nor meds to help them along, these are survivor bees... hygienic and resistant naturally... the industry as a whole however is not doing very well. WE need more backyard apiaries that are not trucked about the country. Thanks for watching!
HTCSWEOD 1 year ago 2
This is awe-mazing information. If only we weren't so afraid to get this close to bees. I'm glad you aren't!
Shirley
GardenWorldReport 2 years ago 4
Thanks Shirley... I find that we are afraid of what we don't understand... fascination can override caution :}
HTCSWEOD 2 years ago
DO you know how i can get rid of them without hurting them
Johann0220 2 years ago
Call your area bee keepers association... you can find them online normally, or via your Dept. of Ag. Extension office.. they will have a contact for you....
HTCSWEOD 2 years ago