Swarm moves into observation hive

buzzbee · July 16, 2009, 09:54:08 PM

A swarm moved into my observation hive today. A neighbor spotted it first in a pear tree,then my wife(mabuzzbee) came home to find it on the side of the house entering into our observation hive which had dwindled.
http://s93.photobucket.com/albums/l65/kwrabbit/7%2016%2009%20swarm/

asprince · July 16, 2009, 09:58:51 PM

What good luck!

Will it hold the all?

Steve

buzzbee · July 16, 2009, 10:18:54 PM

some are still outside(not many)but the hive is pretty full.

JP · July 16, 2009, 10:46:42 PM

Very cool Ken, hope they stay for you, that's a lot of bees.

...JP

Kathyp · July 16, 2009, 11:11:52 PM

that is so cool. i just showed it to my husband. he said "maybe i should open up the tube on ours and see if a swarm moves in?" :roll: i didn't know he'd stuck a paper towel in the end to keep bugs and stuff out!

that's a lot of bees. you may have to do a split! maybe buy another observation hive? :evil:

Geoff · July 17, 2009, 08:01:59 AM

Time to build another room on the house Ken for the indoor apiary.

GaryMinckler · July 17, 2009, 08:54:49 AM

That's very cool! I 've tried to lure a swarm into a top bar hive using nasonov. Two landed very close and I captured them. Maybe they were on their way in.

Scadsobees · July 17, 2009, 09:26:43 AM

I'm assuming that the observation hive was empty?

That is really neat!

I've wondered if bees would do that but I've always assumed that a obs. hive has a smaller space than what they'd like.

Rick