Haven't caught a swarm in some time. Got this call two days ago.
...JP
Kenner Swarm Shake June 26, 2012 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5Ch1b9gth0#ws)
It amazes me (as it did the guy in the background of the video) how the bees will march into the boxes. What makes them march in *without* the queen in there, though? I've got a video of a swarm from one of my hives moving into a box but I know for a fact that the queen did not go inside until half of the swarm was inside. I recall, too, one of your videos where a swarm was on the side of a pine tree...you set a box up against the tree and with basically no prompting the bees started marching inside and the queen wasn't the first one...she marched right on in like the rest of them. Is it the perceived dark cavity/entrance?
Nice video!!! ...nice setup, too, with the table and cloth!! X:X
Ed
Jeez Hollywood, trimmed beard, clean shirt, picknick table and white table cloth 8-)
All you need now is a sexy girl assistant, some professional lighting and a few sponsors. :-D
Good video. They were matching in before you shook them.
We got one too the day after :)They were heavy enough to break the branch they were on and were in a heap on the ground. All I had to do was set a box next to them and they all crawled in within 5 mins.
Love to see them swarms JP...keep it up!
Scott
Quote from: D Semple on June 28, 2012, 06:14:45 PM
Jeez Hollywood, trimmed beard, clean shirt, picknick table and white table cloth 8-)
All you need now is a sexy girl assistant, some professional lighting and a few sponsors. :-D
Well, I'm growing my beard out a bit, it's too short! :-D Sexy girl assistant, now we're talkin!
Ed, the bees likely marched in because they could smell familiar scent inside the hive box. Bees wax, propolis, etc...
...JP