I saw a news report of a swarm that landed on a car in Louisiana. They covered a fairly large area of the car roof. The bee keeper said he just found the queen, put her in a box and the rest followed.
My question for those of you who might know....If you were to look for the queen in a situation like this, would she be in the biggest "lump" or most active area or what?
Just in case we get a call like this (or wall, picnic table, etc.)
Thanks, Ray
Not that I have a lot of experience finding queens in swarms, I usually just suck them all up with a bee vac. But the ones I have found where usually close to the top of the swarm near whatever it was hanging from.
Quote from: rayb on April 02, 2010, 09:57:15 AM
I saw a news report of a swarm that landed on a car in Louisiana. They covered a fairly large area of the car roof. The bee keeper said he just found the queen, put her in a box and the rest followed.
My question for those of you who might know....If you were to look for the queen in a situation like this, would she be in the biggest "lump" or most active area or what?
Just in case we get a call like this (or wall, picnic table, etc.)
Thanks, Ray
If they're spread out some yes, she's usually in the largest clump of bees.
...JP
Thanks,
So far have only had the "hanging from branch "swarm type. I have a bee vacuum ready to go and figured she would be in the biggest lump. Come on swarms.....just not mine please!!!!
Thanks, Ray