open air colony

[bmacior]

I've seen pictures of these, but never thought I'd see one in person.  Retreived this yesterday.  Only a half dozen bees came out when we started to cut the branch; other than that no bees, no honey.  Appx 21x12x12.

Barb

[G3farms]

rubber band it into some frames and put it out for bait hives come next spring.

G3

[bmacior]

Thought about that, but think I will make a display case for it for use by our Association.

[G3farms]

That is a grand idea, be sure to post up some pics of the finished project.

G3

[D Coates]

VERY COOL!  Thanks for sharing.  It'll could be a real bugger to transport but is you can get it down via that main branch as a hold the display could be very impressive.

[contactme_11]

I wonder if a colony in an open air hive has ever actually survived a winter?