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Title: swarms close to the ground
Post by: danno on July 08, 2014, 07:37:31 PM
cant get closer then this
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Title: Re: swarms close to the ground
Post by: Joe D on July 08, 2014, 09:47:23 PM
Yeap, they are right at the ground.  Nice looking swarm, did you get em.




Joe
Title: Re: swarms close to the ground
Post by: danno on July 08, 2014, 10:15:44 PM
Of coarse I caught them.   

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Title: Re:
Post by: LaurieBee on July 08, 2014, 10:27:00 PM
Beautiful swarm.
Title: Re: swarms close to the ground
Post by: tefer2 on July 09, 2014, 08:50:49 AM
Swarms in our neck of the woods have been few and far between this year.
This winter polished off a bunch of tree bees around me.
Dan, that's looks like the easiest swarm you'll ever catch. You have all the luck buddy!
Title: Re: swarms close to the ground
Post by: danno on July 09, 2014, 08:52:49 AM
The real beauty of this swarm is it came from a five year old feral colony living in the walls of a old brick farm house.  This is the one I  took here last year. 
This one was actually easier.  I simply slid a garbage bag over the branch before cutting it


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Title: Re: swarms close to the ground
Post by: BeeMaster2 on July 09, 2014, 12:30:55 PM
Nice swarm Danno. I bet they will build up fast.
Jim
Title: Re: swarms close to the ground
Post by: danno on July 09, 2014, 03:44:39 PM
Thanks Jim
After cutting the branch with 90% of the swarm hanging on there was still a lot of bee's on the ground so I set a nuc with 5 drawn frames next to  them.  This morning I went and picked it up.  Another couple of pounds had marched in for the night.  I set them all up in a drawn 10 frame deep that they filled.  After work today I  will add a 2nd drawn 10 frame.   This is only my 5th this year.   I usually have 3 to 4 times that by now but they have all been quality.