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« on: April 21, 2009, 05:33:59 PM »

What the total number of swarm you caught so far this year?


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« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2009, 06:29:20 PM »

6 or 7, i cant remember.
had one come into a swarm trap that was too small, they swarmed out after a day embarassed

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« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2009, 09:10:01 PM »

I'm gonna say 18 so far. I call a swarm anything I can shake in a box, even though today's flew in on Saturday, I had to remove bricks to get to them, so I'm calling it a cut out.

Btw, I had two swarm calls today I couldn't get to, one on a tree, I'll ivestigate that tomorrow. The other one was weird. This guy wet them and bagged them, then drove them about 6 miles down the road and let them go.


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« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2009, 05:43:20 AM »

2 in a week
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« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2009, 06:52:36 AM »

How do you count swarms? If I stay on the phone for 45 minutes with a guy 1200 miles away, coaching him through a swarm catch, do I count that as one?

If I put one in a box, wait 5 minutes, watch a mass exodus and they are gone, do I count that one?

If I go to a beek's house and shake one in his box that came from one of his hives, do I count it?

Somewhere between 6 and 12, depending on how you count.
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« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2009, 11:12:12 AM »

ZERO! I'm waiting to catch my first...

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« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2009, 05:39:03 PM »

Doug don't feel like the long ranger.  I have zero swarm too
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« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2009, 09:16:13 PM »

I've actually gone to get 14. I've given away about 12 that I couldn't get to due to distance or lack of time. It's been a good year so far.
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« Reply #8 on: April 23, 2009, 09:21:11 PM »

Because of the wreck I was in last Thursday and complications arriving from dealing with the other person's insurance company, etc... I missed out on about 4-5 more! angry

Two were described to be as big as basketballs! angry

Oh well, will just get them later on as cut outs! shocked grin


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« Reply #9 on: April 23, 2009, 09:24:48 PM »

Bro...what happened? I didn't know about that.
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« Reply #10 on: April 23, 2009, 09:30:38 PM »

a beautiful young lady (18) drove out in front of me, trying to make a left turn, was sort of comitted to going but didn't have to (imo) and rather then wait, she decided to try and zoom across from a standstill, while I was going 40 mph, bang zoom right in her passenger rear door, after skidding 50'!


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« Reply #11 on: April 23, 2009, 09:33:08 PM »

Dang bro! Was your trailer hooked up? Did it total your truck? Did she get hurt?
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