Grandma_DOG
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Build it, and they will comb.
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« on: May 26, 2010, 08:07:06 PM » |
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I almost cried today.  I captured two swarms over the weekend. One was the smallest of the season at under a lb, the other was the largest at about 8-10 lb. Today the big honking swarm absconded. They built 30 sq inches of comb but left it. No eggs. I thought i had a good routine for swarms: - 1. House in a 40 liter space or larger.
- 2. Put a drop of Lemon Grass Oil in the hive
- 3. Feed Immediately.
On cutouts, I also plug them up for 48 hours to reduce absconding. Should I now do that for swarms as well? |
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kathyp
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« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2010, 08:14:23 PM » |
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it happens. the only other thing you could have done is put an excluder between the bottom box and the bottom board. i will confess that i often (today) forget to do that. they do their thing. sometimes it's not our thing.
also...are you sure you got the queens?
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"What has destroyed liberty and the rights of man in every
government which has ever existed under the sun? The generalizing
and concentrating all cares and powers into one body, no matter
whether of the autocrats of Russia or France, or of the
aristocrats of a Venetian Senate." --Thomas Jefferson to Joseph C.
Cabell, 1816.
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asprince
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« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2010, 08:17:45 PM » |
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A frame of brood should anchor them. Works for me.
Steve
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Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resembalance to the first. - Ronald Reagan
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AllenF
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« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2010, 08:40:23 PM » |
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With that huge swarm, do think there was a queen, or maybe there are a lot of AHB genetics in that swarm? They do move around a lot.
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Jim 134
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« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2010, 10:07:20 PM » |
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a frame of brood should anchor them. Works for me.
Steve
Use unsealed brood for and anchor. BEE HAPPY Jim 134  |
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« Last Edit: May 27, 2010, 05:52:08 AM by Jim 134 »
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"Tell me and I'll forget,show me and I may remember,involve me and I'll understand" Chinese Proverb "The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways." John F. Kennedy Franklin County Beekeepers Association MA. http://www.franklinmabeekeepers.org/ |
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Jim 134
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« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2010, 10:32:23 PM » |
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the only other thing you could have done is put an excluder between the bottom box and the bottom board.
If you do this take the excluder out in 2 or 3 days. BEE HAPPY Jim 134 |
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"Tell me and I'll forget,show me and I may remember,involve me and I'll understand" Chinese Proverb "The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways." John F. Kennedy Franklin County Beekeepers Association MA. http://www.franklinmabeekeepers.org/ |
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kathyp
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« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2010, 10:35:09 PM » |
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oh yeah....thanks. didn't mean leave it on forever. |
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"What has destroyed liberty and the rights of man in every
government which has ever existed under the sun? The generalizing
and concentrating all cares and powers into one body, no matter
whether of the autocrats of Russia or France, or of the
aristocrats of a Venetian Senate." --Thomas Jefferson to Joseph C.
Cabell, 1816.
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D Coates
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« Reply #7 on: May 27, 2010, 04:04:18 PM » |
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Never lost a swarm when I've put a frame of brood in there. I do it everytime and recommend it to everyone who'll listen.
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Ninja, is not in the dictionary. Well played Ninja's, well played...
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bud1
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« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2010, 09:54:39 AM » |
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cage or clip queen;they leave brood here ; tried it bunch here and just wasted brood, even leave own brood, cage queen for a coupla days and they usually stay
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« Reply #9 on: May 29, 2010, 12:04:08 PM » |
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How the world does a person find a queen among 3 gallons of bees?
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AllenF
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« Reply #10 on: May 29, 2010, 12:14:50 PM » |
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She is the one on the throne.
Or take your time and look, look, look.
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Jim 134
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« Reply #11 on: May 29, 2010, 04:01:30 PM » |
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How the world does a person find a queen among 3 gallons of bees?
In a big swarm you may find more then 1 queen BEE HAPPY Jim 134 |
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"Tell me and I'll forget,show me and I may remember,involve me and I'll understand" Chinese Proverb "The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways." John F. Kennedy Franklin County Beekeepers Association MA. http://www.franklinmabeekeepers.org/ |
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bud1
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« Reply #12 on: May 29, 2010, 05:31:51 PM » |
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i have spent at least an hour befor i could get my fingers on her a few times
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