swarm 60' in a tree

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shorty3

March 31, 2010, 12:41:30 AM
is there any way to get a swarm down from a tree 60 feet high

JP

#1
March 31, 2010, 12:46:41 AM
Where there's a will there's a way, but you just might want to wait for an easier one to come by. I would.


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bailey

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March 31, 2010, 12:51:38 AM
sometimes a swarm trap with the usual bait will bring them in but you gotta get it there quick after you find it.
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Kathyp

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March 31, 2010, 12:52:16 AM
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Abraham  Lincoln
Speech in Kansas, December 1859

hardwood

#4
March 31, 2010, 08:07:11 AM
This could be an opportunity to try "Tanging"?

Scott
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Somerford

#5
March 31, 2010, 09:20:48 AM
A cherry picker - else use a jet of water to knock the swarm to the ground - I wouldn't go climbing the tree myself !
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shorty3

#6
March 31, 2010, 11:36:49 PM
what is tanging never heard of this

hardwood

#7
March 31, 2010, 11:49:04 PM
Try a search for tanging...it's my understanding that you can land a swarm or call it down from a tall tree by rhythmically banging on a pot with a spoon or stick. Haven't ever tried it myself but I'd be willing to give it a go.

Scott
"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."

Theodore Roosevelt 1907

shorty3

#8
March 31, 2010, 11:56:45 PM
this was my first post thanks for the input, the swarm left but got another swarm today i will try tanging next time, it all worked out thanks a lot

Two Bees

#9
April 01, 2010, 08:34:56 AM
Wow!  60 feet.  I think I would pass.

I caught a swarm on Tuesday that was about 30 feet high in a small cedar tree.  That's about the max that I would attempt.  Since the tree had been damaged earlier, I ended up cutting it down to get the swarm. 
"Don't know what I'd do without that boy......but I'm sure willin' to give it a try!"
J.D. Clampett commenting about Jethro Bodine.

Robo

#10
April 01, 2010, 09:09:16 AM
How certain are you on the 60'?  Sometimes it can be deceiving,  and at that height 10 ft can make a big difference.  I have used my bee vac with the hose taped to a 20' pole while standing in a fully raised bucket of a backhoe.  Wasn't 60 feet,  but just looking at it from the ground could have easily convince people it was.
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