Shake out vs newspaper combine

[tjc1]

In June (I think) someone posted about this here, and I was going to try it on the cranberry bogs here, but it didn't work out. As I recall, the idea is to bring a box or two with frames and/or comb and a frame of brood including some eggs (to anchor the new bees to the hive and so they can raise some queens), and come back in a couple of days. I suppose a frame of honey would sweeten the deal if you had it to spare. The OP warned that the bees out in the open can be feeling pretty ornery, so be prepared the first time when you drop the boxes off.

A local beek I talked to about this idea expressed concern about the possibility of bringing new bee ailments from out-of-area bees into your yard to infect your other bees...

[divemaster1963]

Check YouTube for record swarm catch. If you do this either have new premated and caged qweens. It will take to long for them to raise a qween. Plus 25.00 per hive is cheap. Five gal in f bees can give you five great hives.

Five hives 600.00
Five qweens 125.00

Win win chicken dinner

John

[GSF]

628dirtrooster on you tube has a great video where he came in behind a pollinator. It was unreal the number of hives he got out of it. They had a caged queen for each hive also.

[Jim134]

    Something you might like to watch. Unofficially the world's largest swarm bees.

https://youtu.be/CpXTK0E7Gco

            BEE HAPPY Jim 134  :)