Hi everyone,
Captured this really nice swarm early this morning. It was at ground level and very easy to catch. They were a little "flighty" to say the least. Very gentle but hard to calm down for some reason. I saw the tree they came from and it was about 30 feet from the swarm. I believe they must have landed hours before I got there. There are a couple of videos although one is sideways. Sorry.
Enjoy,
http://picasaweb.google.com/rsderrick/March24th2009#
Nice Swarm, Pics, and Vids!! :bee: :bee: :bee:
It sure made the "swarm" we were called to, two days ago, that would not have filled a cigarette pack look bad.
Nice pix of your swarm
Great pics! Looks like a lot of bees! J
Nice pictures, this only being March, you may just get a few more from that tree yet. :-D
That's one you'll more than likely get honey from this yr, a real brute!
...JP
Quote from: JP on March 24, 2009, 10:30:42 PM
That's one you'll more than likely get honey from this yr
Man JP I sure hope so! They were difficult to keep in the box. Every time I opened it tons would fly out. I eventually had to close it and let them settle on the box then put them in with a large paint brush.
The swarm from last Friday after the cutout was much larger. I have them on a deep and a medium and I just put the third jar of feed on them. The jars I use are about 3/4 of a gallon. They are sucking it down as fast as I can put it on them. They are on new foundation on both boxes. Really nice.
This swarm left a 3 medium set up twice, then a deep, medium set up at another location, to finally be housed for good.
(http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/3113/cimg3622.th.jpg) (http://img115.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cimg3622.jpg)
...JP
that thing looks like a beast! one day i will get one like that!
bailey