well its here folks swarm season opened today with a call from jp telling me of a a swarm call he got that was closer to me than him.
he was kind enough to call me and i ran out and got em!
thanks again jp! :-D
photos below.
(http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/195/img0432cs.jpg) (http://img339.imageshack.us/i/img0432cs.jpg/)
(http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/5705/img0433ac.jpg) (http://img153.imageshack.us/i/img0433ac.jpg/)
(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/7535/img0435bvl.jpg) (http://img687.imageshack.us/i/img0435bvl.jpg/)
thanks again jp!
bailey
the pics are sideways, im trying to fix it. sorry
Pics looked fine to me, I just turned the the computer sideways. :-D
Allen good to read your post thought is was the Ketel One kicking in good :-D
Tommyt
Baily
Nic pics
They seem to have more gold in them than the ones down my way. Great catch Bailey, glad you could get to 'em.
...JP
was quite happy to go get them!
Am I correct in assuming they have more gold in them or am I seeing things?
Did you see a queen? What did she look like, if so?
I see you have drones in that swarm as well.
...JP
Getting pretty jealous here. Another foot of snow fell yesterday. Supposed to get up in the 40's by midweek. May have to take a peek then.
Quote from: bailey on February 26, 2011, 09:12:33 PM
the pics are sideways, im trying to fix it. sorry
(http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/3980/baileyo.jpg) (http://img59.imageshack.us/i/baileyo.jpg/)
(http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/7637/bailey1u.jpg) (http://img832.imageshack.us/i/bailey1u.jpg/)
(http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/4166/bailey2b.jpg) (http://img156.imageshack.us/i/bailey2b.jpg/)
good catch buddy . ...schawee
wow that looks better!
jp
they are more golden than my usual and the drones were golden colored as well.
the queen looked like a small virgin!
she is light as well
shawee, thanks!
i have blackberry blooming, how about you?
bailey
Nice job! Can't wait to resume the swarm chasing here.
The only thing blooming here is snow! :-x
bailey,i have blakberry blooming too and have thistle starting to come up.fireman what youget from the blooming snow,pollen , nector or both :-D ...schawee
What a pretty bunch of bees! If I had them I would put them in my garden just so I could look at them.
JC
Hard to tell from pic but it looks like the swarm was affixed to a rather main branch. How did you scoop them off their perch (just curious)?
I am not sure I see the drones that JP sees. I might see one that is flying in the bottom pic (right upper center), but on casual view with my lousy near vision I can't pick up others.
Still now here too, so it will be a while yet :'(