Ahhhh . . . . :-D
So my swarm from the other day seems to have settled in, brining in pollen and having drained a quart of syrup thus far. I think maybe they'll be staying in their new home!!!
Also brought home 2 more 3 lb pacakges with queens tonight, installed them with one little bitty sting, pierced the queen's candy and left them to settle in . . . .
Guess the only thing to do now is sit back, wait, and hope nobody decides to leave their new homes!!!!
With the established hive thriving, this leaves me at 4 hives now, which was always my goal. (makes one wonder why i still have two bait hives out then, huh? :roll: :roll:
With the established hive thriving, this leaves me at 4 hives now, which was always my goal. (makes one wonder why i still have two bait hives out then, huh? rolleyes rolleyes
The reason is universally obvious, you can never have too many hives! :D
Sometimes your own bees will swarm out to a bait hive in your own yard, another reason to having extra bait hives in the bee yard.
If you do catch a fifth or six hive, you could also sell those colonies off for extra income.
...JP
Everyone needs a back up plan.
Backup plans are called cardboard boxes until the emergency order of supers and frames gets there. Cardboard boxes are todays fairweather skeps.
>Cardboard boxes are todays fairweather skeps.
Yes they are.