Advice on a Teeny, Tiny Swarm

[DeederMc]

I rescued a small swarm that was about to be sprayed out of existence (thank you to my friend who called me in spite of being told not to bother by the manager). I managed to get the queen and about 3/4 of the bees, but there's not a lot of them. In total the swarm is about the size of a baseball.

I don't have a hive right now - my last one fell prey to wax moths who utterly destroyed everything. Here's my question - is this swarm too small to survive, or is it worth it to run out and invest in another setup? If not, should I let them go or...? Right now I'm caring for them in a screened box in my workroom.

Thanks!

Deeder

[Moonshae]

May take a while to get going, but why not give it a shot? If there's a local beekeeper's association you could possibly buy a frame or two of brood to give them a jumpstart.

[Understudy]

Call a local dealer or beekeeper club and get a nuc. Buy it with brood, honey, and pollen frames with no bees. That should help.

Sincerely,
Brendhan

[mick]

Id reckon if its got a queen, its a good chance.

My swarm was the size of 4 beer cans and it did well befoe I too suffered the wax moth fate.

[DeederMc]

They are now in a hive and we're going to make a go of it! Thanks everyone for your guidance!

[Fannbee]

Size of 4 cans of beer...hmmm.   What size are ya'll beer cans in Australia? I have heard they are quit larger than ours.

[Mici]

mick, is this how you measure things?
boy did i catch a big one yesterday, i'm tellin' you, that catfish was the size or 10 beer cans

-how's your cat doing?
-great, she's grown for at least 1/2of a beer can in less than a week

-school
-and kids, remember australia is only 10.000 beer cans smaller than Europe!


if they're any larger, they're probably a pint or 5dCl.
in europe we have it only in two dimensions; 0.33dCl or 0.5dCl

[nepenthes]

whats your dCl unit you are using?

[Mici]

it's actually Litres-L
dC-deci-ten
kind of like centimeter-centi-hundred

and now that i'm reading my previous post, i can see i made a big mistake
it's either 0,33l and 0,5l
or 3.3dCl and 5dCl

a pint is roughly 5dCl-0.5l so...i hiope you get the picture

[nepenthes]

Oh, so your just using metric! lol I wasn't to sure if you were talking gibberish to make mick feel better, or what!

[Michael Bush]

>What size are ya'll beer cans in Australia?

The Fosters I've seen looked like the old oil cans.  Like about a quart.

[Understudy]

>What size are ya'll beer cans in Australia?

The Fosters I've seen looked like the old oil cans.  Like about a quart.

Fosters is the beer aussies send to the US because they don't like us and don't like the beer. My Aussie friends are amazed that anyone would drink Fosters.

Sincerely,
Brendhan

[Michael Bush]

I'm amazed anyone would drink anything as nasty as beer...

[Kirk-o]

Oh yeah some of us are ole nasty beer drinkers I drink 5 beers a year
kirko