First swarm First post

dennis a · May 21, 2009, 03:58:47 PM

Hi all,
Enjoy reading your posts.
Went home for lunch and had a swarm on a tree branch five ft high. Set up a bottom board with queen excluder added a ten frame deep. Boxed the bees and dumped in hive. Put on inner cover and empty deep with a boardman feeder inside and top cover.
Any advise would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Dennis

Kathyp · May 21, 2009, 04:04:36 PM

congratulations! sounds like you pretty much have it. after two or three days, take that excluder off the bottom and you should be in great shape.

Keith13 · May 21, 2009, 04:27:58 PM

I second what Kathy said sounds like you did a good job

Keith

Irwin · May 22, 2009, 04:41:12 PM

Hate to be a yes man but I agree with Kathy and Keith :-D

1reb · May 23, 2009, 12:08:05 AM

Congratulations

SlickMick · May 23, 2009, 12:16:30 AM

Then I suppose that you went back to work?? :-D

Mick

dennis a · May 23, 2009, 09:05:54 AM

Thanks all.
Yes back to work. Having a tough time making my first million on honey.
Dennis

G3farms · May 23, 2009, 09:29:16 AM

Now that's what I call multi-tasking, working, housing bees, eating lunch and back to work...

go boy go!!

G3