Lake Vista Swarm Catch-April 14, 2011

JP · April 20, 2011, 03:28:30 PM

Had to open up a wall and go through quite a bit of trouble to remove this newly established swarm but the outcome was awesome!

...JP

Lake Vista Swarm Catch-April 14, 2011

Wits End · April 20, 2011, 06:52:23 PM

"She has a little Tiara" and it was so straight faced!

AllenF · April 20, 2011, 08:47:05 PM

I would have liked to seen a close up shot of the top plate of the wall after the bees were removed to see how much wax the bees had placed already. I does not take them very long to get started. Sorry it took so long to convince them to go into that hive. Great video. Thanks JP.

ArmucheeBee · April 20, 2011, 09:35:18 PM

JP

Have you ever used a white cloth as a ramp into your hives for a swarm? I did it on my first removal 4 years ago and 2x since then. Worked very well every time. Also seen some videos on European skep keepers using them. Just duc tape one end to a wall and the other to the landing board and they go right in. Works best if they are going up stream.

annette · April 22, 2011, 02:13:28 AM

Well that did not look easy, but thank goodness you found the queen. JP it sure looks like more than 3 lbs of bees to me. I know the packages are 3 lbs of bees and they look really small compared to all those bees.

JP · April 22, 2011, 10:43:03 AM

Maybe it was more than three lbs Annette, you could be right.

...JP

GWDawg1 · April 23, 2011, 11:40:23 AM

Not an easy one, but you did it!!! Great job.