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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => HONEYBEE REMOVAL => Topic started by: Grandma_DOG on November 29, 2009, 09:37:58 PM

Title: Moving bees in Duck Boxes
Post by: Grandma_DOG on November 29, 2009, 09:37:58 PM
I gave a bee lecture to a Mensa Convention in Dallas this weekend. After the lecture I was approached by a couple.

They have 2 'duckboxes' which I presume are some kind of birdhouse that have bees in them in their backyard. they need them gone by late spring when they are having a social function.

One box apparently has been prolific enough to have comb under it as well. 

When should I move these boxes to austin? As soon as the last frost if over in February? When they start building up in April? Or now?

If I move them now, I won't put them in nucs until early spring. I'll let them be till winter's over in a few weeks.
Title: Re: Moving bees in Duck Boxes
Post by: iddee on November 29, 2009, 10:15:59 PM
When the first blooms of spring arrive.
Title: Re: Moving bees in Duck Boxes
Post by: David LaFerney on November 30, 2009, 09:40:09 AM
Quote from: iddee on November 29, 2009, 10:15:59 PM
When the first blooms of spring arrive.

When you say first do you mean really first - like maple?
Title: Re: Moving bees in Duck Boxes
Post by: iddee on November 30, 2009, 09:59:53 AM
I mean when there will be blooms continuously, not when a warm spell in Jan. brings out 1 or 2 dandelions. The day you can look around and say "Spring has sprung".