Swarms now in NY

Started by Woody1951, September 16, 2015, 08:06:53 PM

Previous topic - Next topic

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Print
Go Down Pages1
User actions

Woody1951

September 16, 2015, 08:06:53 PM
4 people in as many weeks have called my friend with a swarm on their house or tree. If I take them is there still time for them to live through the winter? I can build more hives, but will they live? Is there a way to feed them?

BeeMaster2

#1
September 16, 2015, 08:42:00 PM
Woody,
That depends on how much extra comb honey that you have in your apiary. You might want to combine a few swarms together. Do not add honey frames right away, let them get established. If you have drawn comb, I would give them as many frames as they can cover and a few empty frames for them to build wax on. I did this for a very large swarm and they filled 2-10 medium frames in about a month and then made a full super of honey the next month.
Jim
Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.
Ben Franklin

Eric Bosworth

#2
September 17, 2015, 09:11:20 PM
Woody where are you? The finger lakes region is a pretty big swath of the state. My sister lives on Senaca in Geneva. Where I am there is still a good golden rod flow. They might make it especially if you can help them out.
All political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The communist party must command all the guns; that way, no guns can ever be used to command the party. ---Mao Tse Tung

Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. ---Benjamin Franklin

GSF

#3
September 17, 2015, 09:53:04 PM Last Edit: September 17, 2015, 10:11:52 PM by GSF
If I take them is there still time for them to live through the winter?

I would, what have you got to loose? They gonna live or die somewhere. Make sure you feed them. They might be population control swarms. Good luck and keep us posted.

Okay I give up, I can't get the italics off. Some things aren't meant to be understood. :rolleyes:
When the law no longer protects you from the corrupt, but protects the corrupt from you - then you know your nation is doomed.

MikeyN.C.

#4
September 18, 2015, 09:42:08 PM
I'm a new beek, i thought bees swarm, in the spring

ed/La.

#5
September 18, 2015, 09:52:37 PM
They are probably not true swarms but bees that absconded like mine. I would get them If I were you. They have better chance with you then in the wild. Good luck
Print
Go Up Pages1
User actions