nice swarm..

duck · April 18, 2012, 12:05:32 AM

they hit the wall on friday, the homeowner didnt start calling till yesterday.. get there today and it seems they had a partial move in? but were undecided as the scouts were filling the air. Got all them on the outside with a vaccum as I couldnt knock em down because of the all the pipes below. setup a cone on the entrance.. I put the bees in a deep and they did the thing. I think there is a sho enuf queen in the box, gotta look in the day tomorrow.

JP · April 18, 2012, 01:12:27 AM

If that is what you vacuumed I'm 99.999999999999999999...% sure you got the queen. Huge swarm & great pic!

...JP

tefer2 · April 18, 2012, 08:24:03 AM

that's a nice wad of bees!

G3farms · April 18, 2012, 01:00:59 PM

real nice catch there Duck!!

Shawn · April 18, 2012, 03:40:13 PM

Nice find!

SkepWrangler · April 18, 2012, 03:48:08 PM

Question for you, Duck: How common is it to find a swarm that big in your area? Thanks

AllenF · April 18, 2012, 06:29:24 PM

Sweet.

duck · April 20, 2012, 08:50:39 AM

that is getting to be common. most are soccerballs, but basketballs are starting to show up, the swarms are getting larger not smaller, I think the mild winter with early warmup had them building up real quick here.