Caught a Swarm!

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FatherMichael

May 13, 2021, 08:50:33 PM
My neighbor called yesterday, saying that a cluster of bees was in his year.  Went over and, lo, there they were on a low branch of a sage bush.

Mary brought me a pillow case.  I put it over the branch and shook them in there.

Took them out to the farm and dumped them into a hive that was set out as a bait hive.  Gave them a gallon of syrup.  This is my first time to catch a swarm.

What a hoot!
41 And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?

42 And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.

43 And he took it, and did eat before them.

BeeMaster2

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May 13, 2021, 09:14:56 PM
 Congratulations. Catching a good swarm can bee a big rush.
Jim Altmiller
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

Ben Framed

#2
May 13, 2021, 10:57:22 PM
Swarms are very interesting. Congratulations!

.30WCF

#3
May 14, 2021, 10:16:44 AM
Do you think it was your own swarm or they came from somewhere else.


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FatherMichael

#4
May 14, 2021, 01:58:43 PM
I hope it was one of my own!  They are really good bees.
41 And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?

42 And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.

43 And he took it, and did eat before them.

tycrnp

#5
May 29, 2021, 11:07:56 PM
Congratulations!! Catching a swarm is always exciting. :grin:

FatherMichael

#6
June 02, 2021, 03:16:23 PM
The first inspection shows they are doing very well!

Lots of honey from a great Mesquite flow and lots of brood, some already emerged.
41 And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?

42 And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.

43 And he took it, and did eat before them.

AustinB

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June 02, 2021, 03:29:40 PM
That's great news!
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
Proverbs 20:7

Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. Proberbs 16:24

Ben Framed

#8
June 02, 2021, 07:19:12 PM
That is good news. I don't have Mesquite in my area. How much longer do you expect your Mesquite flow to last?

FatherMichael

#9
June 02, 2021, 08:11:24 PM
Quote from: Ben Framed on June 02, 2021, 07:19:12 PM
That is good news. I don't have Mesquite in my area. How much longer do you expect your Mesquite flow to last?

This is an exceptional year with abundant rainfall.  The Mesquite are loaded with blooms.  They last six to eight weeks.

Of the new comb built half is capped honey in the brood chamber.

It has been a long, cool spring with a lot of wildflowers, too.
41 And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?

42 And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.

43 And he took it, and did eat before them.

jtcmedic

#10
June 02, 2021, 08:55:13 PM
Wonderful news

van from Arkansas

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June 05, 2021, 06:39:44 PM
Great news, Father, made my day.  Good-to see the most deserved is served or at least, one of the most deserved,,, there are lots of good ol deserving beeks here.  Thanks for the PM a while back.
I have been around bees a long time, since birth.  I am a hobbyist so my answers often reflect this fact.  I concentrate on genetics, raise my own queens by wet graft, nicot, with natural or II breeding.  I do not sell queens, I will give queens  for free but no shipping.
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