Has anyone had any success doing a bee-line when looking for feral colonies? I read a little about it in the ABC's & XYZ's of Bee Culture and found it pretty interesting. How would you transfer a feral hive to a man made one? When I was finishing my bee yard today (no bees yet) I saw tons of honey bees and bumble bees flying around and I know for a fact that there's not a single beekeeper in my area for almost 8 miles. So there's got to be feral hives somewhere. Is it worth looking for?
Thanks again guys! This forum rocks!!!
Sean Kelly
It has been discussed many times
http://forum.beemaster.com/index.php?topic=8093.0
Quote from: Jerrymac on March 27, 2007, 07:21:03 AM
It has been discussed many times
http://forum.beemaster.com/index.php?topic=8093.0
Sorry, should have checked the archives.
Sean
Good Luck Sean! Hope you get your Bees this season.
Quote from: GerryL on April 02, 2007, 07:05:48 PM
Good Luck Sean! Hope you get your Bees this season.
Thanks Gerry! Yeah, I'll be getting my bees on the 14th or 15th from a local company near my house. Pretty excited. For a while there I was thinkin that I would have to find my bees in the woods. :-) Still sounds kinda fun though. I've read a little bit about Bee-lining in ABC's of Beekeeping and maybe I'll have to make myself a bee-line box and give it a try this summer.
Sean