cutout one week old hive

Kathyp · July 10, 2010, 05:30:20 PM

pretty straight forward. very flimsy comb. had just gotten the tarp over the lower opening into the brick part of the post before a piece of comb and bees fell. that could have been a bit of a mess :-D

iddee · July 10, 2010, 05:54:35 PM

Nice job........

G3farms · July 10, 2010, 06:30:56 PM

Looks like there was a ton of bees in there.

Nicely done, how many frames of brood did you get out of it?

Kathyp · July 10, 2010, 07:27:38 PM

it was good size. the swarm moved in last weekend, so no brood. did fine a very flimsy piece with eggs and hubby thought he saved one with some larvae. i didn't see that one. most of the comb was either filled with nectar, or not salvageable. to new and either very soft, or very brittle. also didn't see the queen which was disappointing, but reasonably sure we got her in there from the way the bees were acting. will know tonight when we go back for the hive. most were in there or landing in front when we left.

JP · July 10, 2010, 09:46:21 PM

That was a big swarm Kathy. Nice job!

...JP

annette · July 10, 2010, 11:42:07 PM

Its amazing what they can do in one week. So Kathy, are you and the hubby a team?? He seems to help out quite a bit.

Wish my hubby was more interested in the bees.

Kathyp · July 11, 2010, 01:13:10 AM

he does. he seems to like it. we don't get to spend to much time together, so it's nice that we can have this in common. he doesn't ride much and he's not to much into camping and stuff, + he's gone a lot.
he's getting pretty darn good at the bee thing. makes it nice for me when i have to go away.

hardwood · July 11, 2010, 02:55:52 AM

Bravo, man (er...woman) that looks like a lot of bees!

Scott

lenape13 · July 11, 2010, 06:28:37 AM

Nice job! Too bad you couldn't take the whole thing home and put a glass front on it, talk about an observation hive! I guess the homeowner might have frowned on that idea.... :-D

Kathyp · July 11, 2010, 10:47:49 AM

i don't know. they were pretty nice people. it was a Street Of Dreams place. way upscale neighborhood but this was one of the more modest places.

we went back in the evening to pick up the hive. there were a few strays so we swept them up. as we were closing the hive and getting our stuff, the automatic sprinkler system kicked on. guess who was standing on the grass when that happened?? :-D i was pretty well soaked but at least we had moved the hive already. i forget about the clever gadgets these city folk have!