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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => HONEYBEE REMOVAL => Topic started by: steveouk on June 23, 2008, 11:05:09 PM

Title: New Swarm Call
Post by: steveouk on June 23, 2008, 11:05:09 PM
Guy at work asked me to come and remove a swarm in a tree on his property, heading up there tomorrow to have a look. apparently they have been there three weeks. They are bout 12 feet up in the tree...
Title: Re: New Swarm Call
Post by: qa33010 on June 24, 2008, 04:41:29 PM
   Well?  Were they okay?  Were they honey bees?  What did you do?  Did you get them?  Do tell, teLL TELL!!! :-D

   Hope it went well!!
Title: Re: New Swarm Call
Post by: steveouk on June 24, 2008, 11:51:42 PM
I decided to go up there and do a resonance look, but ended up collecting them, you couldn't put a ladder to where they where but i could stand on the roof of my van

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3084/2609642344_48bacec419.jpg)

I got about 2-3lb of bees and brought them back and put them in a wood box.. we will see tomorrow if they will hang about. The cardboard boxes are ok but last time the swarm i captured flew off so we will see...

We did eventually cut the limb down all along it the bee's had tried to start building comb...
Title: Re: New Swarm Call
Post by: KONASDAD on June 25, 2008, 12:37:09 PM
I recall a picture of Understudy using a ladder on top of his car. yes on top of a car-yikes.