Aussie Removal Stories

[johnauck]

One of my hives swarmed while I was working on the hive next to it last week. Didn't have time to get a picture they poured out so fast.

They clustered nearby so I managed to get them :-)






About half the bees ended up in the box and half on my arm and on the grass. But the queen must have gone in the box as they all ran inside.






cheers

john

[buzzbee]

Bee envy :) I am missing  the  weather for swarms already.

[aridostlari.com]

THANK YOU VERY PLEASANT

[100 TD]

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About half the bees ended up in the box and half on my arm and on the grass. But the queen must have gone in the box as they all ran inside.
cheers
john

Did you get the queen, just they'll run inside without the queen.

[prestonpaul]

Picked up a hive in a bird box this evening. They were happy to let us take the whole box so we've taken it home for now and will take it out to our farm next week so we can do a cut out at our leisure.



More photos to come.

[johnauck]

Very good. Looking forward to seeing pictures on how go get on transferring the combs.

Someone asked me to remove a possum box with a colony of bees in it. But they have not called back to arrange a time.

May be its getting a bit late in the season (Victoria) for colony removal?


cheers

john

[prestonpaul]

Yeh, possibly a bit late, still got plenty of dandelions in flower here though. Going to have a crack at this one on Saturday if the weather is ok.

[dermot]

If you do remove the possum box now, I'd suggest moving the box to your sight and overwintering. Transfer it to a proper box once the swarms start. I think if you transfer them now the set back would be too great.

[prestonpaul]

Well we did the cut out 2 weeks ago now, nosh or problems. There was a birds nest in the bottom of the box and the comb was tied into that which was a bit of a hassle but otherwise it went well.
The bad news is that some of our neighbours cattle got in to our house yard and knocked over the table the bees were on, spilling the frames on to the ground. By the time we got there the all the bees were gone, no sight of them anywhere. I can only hope that they absconded and found a nice warm hollow to live in. There is still lots of dandelion and some eucalypts flowering so maybe they will make it.

[100 TD]

I did a hollow tree nest transfer on Sunday, couldn't see a queen, tree had fallen to ground and smashed nest up a bit, transferred all comb to frames. Have another small one to do tomorrow, hope to get queen and mix with the other one.

[johnauck]

First swarm for this season. One of my 2 hives in Heathmont decided to swarm yesterday.

Funnily enough I split this hive 3 weeks ago (removed 3 brood frames and opened up the brood), and did not see any queen cells at the time. So I was not expecting them to swarm so soon.




In they go

[ozebee]

If you like catching swarms, get on board www.swarmpatrol.com - you will be notified by a text message when a swarm is reported in your area.

[amun-ra]

ozebee first port off call is usually the receiption desk at the local council offices I will let my local councill know off swarm patrol next week so they know who to call

[ozebee]

Many thanks for spreading the word - hopefully www.swarmpatrol.com will benefit everyone!!

[dermot]

Here's a couple of photo essays my (15 yr old) daughter has posted on the facebook page of the Beekeepers Association of the ACT, showing the re-homing of bees from a speaker box and a bird box

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.276238142524474.1073741846.236186389862983&type=1

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.273576612790627.1073741842.236186389862983&type=3

   We'd also be keen on your votes for the honey drops poster

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.276219445859677.1073741844.236186389862983&type=3

[jayj200]

Pete
what happened to your smoker?

[FireKitty]

Dumb question, is it too late for me to put my name down in local group to capture a swarm? When does this generally end here in AUS?

[Jow4040]

It ends about now.

[jayj200]

put it in for next year. who knows one may catch a stragler

[Stumpkicker]

It's a second hand story, but Dad said one of his hives swarmed and landed on the end of a bamboo stalk, about 8m up.
He managed to get it back in a box by putting a ladder up as high as he could, attached a rope and then put the rope through a pulley on another stalk near by.
He then cut the stalk half way through from the back and lowered it with the rope to 6' and shook them into a box.
Fairly easy recovery after what initially would of looked near impossible.
Regards Kel