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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: doak on May 12, 2008, 08:05:21 PM

Title: swarm
Post by: doak on May 12, 2008, 08:05:21 PM
Just had one come out of the woods and took a stack of supers I had in reserve.
Have to try to move them tonight while my Son is here to help.
4 boxes high, two mediums and 2 shallows, I think.
Bad part the board they are on is a bottom board upside down. :roll: ;) :)doak

My goodness
Title: Re: swarm
Post by: doak on May 12, 2008, 11:25:12 PM
Well I got them moved to their new location.
I'll have to go in, in the morning and smoke them and give them a good box. ;)doak
Title: Re: swarm
Post by: annette on May 13, 2008, 12:16:54 AM
Very exciting. Good Luck
Title: Re: swarm
Post by: doak on May 13, 2008, 12:34:51 PM
I think Bull Frog Green makes a good color for bee boxes.


(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee11/SKEYED/PictureBeesandgarden047.jpg)


What do you tink?
doak
Title: Re: swarm
Post by: dpence on May 13, 2008, 01:48:38 PM
I was thinking of painting some of my boxes a darker green.  Looks good to me.

David
Title: Re: swarm
Post by: doak on May 13, 2008, 03:11:04 PM
Another pic of same swarm





(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee11/SKEYED/PictureBeesandgarden045.jpg)

This swarm came out of the woods.
They took a box that has no frames.
And the next one under has frames.
It was covered with an inner cover and then a piece of scrap.
when we got it to its location we had to move it off the solid bottom it was sitting on.
No bees were in the bottom, then I wondered if they had left while I was waiting for it to get dark.No
The bottom two boxes has frames that has frames to be cleaned.
So to make sure they hadn't left I pick the piece of scrap up off the inner cover and there they were .
make the long story short, I am going to let them do their thing in the frame less box.
Take the un used boxes off the bottom, sit a box with frames/starter strips on top and let them come on through the escape hole.

While thinking of this I came up with this idea.
I am using cleat top frames. All I need to do is turn the cleat up edge wise and nail it in.
I have my starter strip.

what ya'll tink.
doak :) ;)


Title: Re: swarm
Post by: doak on May 13, 2008, 04:12:01 PM
Couple more

new colony at work

(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee11/SKEYED/beesandgarden002.jpg)



water feeder.


(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee11/SKEYED/beesandgarden003.jpg)




Some bees that had oriented to where the swarm landed yesterday.


(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee11/SKEYED/beesandgarden004.jpg)


some more in the garden section
doak
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