tanging a swarm at s m a school

schawee · July 04, 2011, 12:00:35 PM

went to the s m a school to check on the hive they have there.after adding a box on the hive i was leaving and notice a lil swarm on a guide wire.the queen took flight.and the tanging started.i got them to land on the box.it was cool seeing the bees in flight and coming down and landing on the box when i was drumming on the bucket.enjoy, ....schawee tanging a swarm at sma school

JP · July 04, 2011, 12:39:03 PM

How many coonasses it take to catch a queen outta a Barq's root beer box?

One Schawee! :-D

Good job buddy!

...JP

TwoHoneys · July 04, 2011, 12:42:16 PM

That was tooo coool, schawee! I'm gonna put a bucket and a stick in my swarm-collection box so I can tang them out of the air.

(And where the heck have you and JP been lately? I miss you two.)

-Liz

JP · July 04, 2011, 12:45:18 PM

I'll PM you Liz.

...JP

G3farms · July 04, 2011, 12:49:00 PM

Good job Schawee!!

sounded like you had the war path Indian drums going there for a minute!! :-D

bud1 · July 04, 2011, 01:00:26 PM

gona make a redneck outa you yet; still waiting fo you to pull out yo pistol and clip her in the air

Mike Tuggle · July 04, 2011, 03:08:13 PM

:)
You are somethin' else! And, like JP says, you are the best 'queen finder.'

I am going downstairs as soon as I finish this post to see if I can find my 20 gallon trash can lid -- I made my extractor from rhe barrel part a dozen years ago. The lid is going into my swarm kit. It ought to be a good "thunder maker."

Mike

hardwood · July 04, 2011, 04:09:59 PM

Good job schawee!!

Scott

CeeGeeBee · July 04, 2011, 04:19:15 PM

Cool video!

VolunteerK9 · July 04, 2011, 05:11:19 PM

Quote from: bud1 on July 04, 2011, 01:00:26 PM
gona make a redneck outa you yet; still waiting fo you to pull out yo pistol and clip her in the air

I was waiting on a eagle eye pistol shot. Guess they would have frowned on that tactic around a school huh?

Larry Bees · July 04, 2011, 06:47:43 PM

Two Questions:

What is a sma school?

Is the drumming on the bucket suppose to make the swarm land?

Larry

yockey5 · July 04, 2011, 09:36:48 PM

Another good video!!! Thanks and keep them comin.

Jim134 · July 04, 2011, 09:47:23 PM

Quote from: Larry Bees on July 04, 2011, 06:47:43 PM
Two Questions:

What is a sma school?

Is the drumming on the bucket suppose to make the swarm land?

Larry

http://forum.beemaster.com/index.php/topic,24914.0.html

log swarm @ Bud3.wmv

BEE HAPPY Jim 134 :)

Larry Bees · July 04, 2011, 10:51:02 PM

Quote; iddee

Years ago, Grandmas everywhere kept a large wooden spoon on the back porch next to the dishpan. When a hive swarmed, she would grab them and stand in the yard banging on the dishpan like a drum until the swarm landed. Anything can be used, as long as it makes a drum like noise. I used my hand on an empty cardboard nuc yesterday. That's all I had handy.

It was known as tanging, or drumming. Now there is another motion that has been dubbed drumming, so most call swarm calling tanging now.

That answers the drumming, but what is a s m a school?

AllenF · July 04, 2011, 10:53:01 PM

Sweet video Schawee. Very cool.

annette · July 05, 2011, 12:12:59 AM

Thanks Schawee that was a nice video and nice catch on that queen. Really nice of you to help out that school and teach the kids about beekeeping.

Thanks for sharing.

Annette

Jim134 · July 05, 2011, 07:07:35 AM

Quote from: bud1 on July 04, 2011, 01:00:26 PM
gona make a redneck outa you yet; still waiting fo you to pull out yo pistol and clip her in the air

Quote from: JP on April 15, 2010, 12:19:38 AM
Well you know I watched Bud Tang, Macon Mississippi style! :lau:

...JP

How Bud1 use a .22 pistol he say it works

BEE HAPPY Jim 134 :)

schawee · July 05, 2011, 10:35:13 PM

glad yall like the video. jp you were half right with the box, it was a barq's box but not rootbeer it was cream soda :-D bud and k9 shooting on school property is a big no no.larry s m a stands for science and math academy.hey bud,i could be the first redneck coonass :-D ....schawee

Larry Bees · July 05, 2011, 10:42:36 PM

Thanks Schawee for explaining the s m a. Larry

jhs494 · July 05, 2011, 11:28:51 PM

Nice job schawee! I tried tanging this year for the first time and it worked as well. My dad who is 72 years old talks about when he was a kid chasing swarms beating on his moms pots and pans. This was passed from his father down to him. This was the accepted practice to get the bees to move.

I had a swarm land high in a tree well beyond our ladders, and my dad suggested it, so my son and I beat on two cake pans and the bees actually came back to the hive they had swarmed from.

We all stood there looking at each other not really sure of what we just had done :shock:. Dad spoke up and said "See I told you it worked". :-D

Thanks for the video schawee, nice one!

Joe