Rookie move, just sick about it !!!!!

[arky188]

Was so pleased with the 9 gallons of honey we pulled off that as we were leaving the honey room and bringing it in the house to bottle we forgot and left the door open :0( bees absouletly everywhere, trying to rob each other and the room is just covered. Went in and pulled out everything and washed it down, but between the drowned in water and drowned in honey bees, ive lost a huge amount of field bees. Be careful other newbies, simple lil things like not pulling a door to can bite you in the rump :0(

[Sundance]

Never tried this, but I was told you
can shut the door and darken
all the windows save one. Wait until
the bees are engourged then open that
one window but a crack.

Let the bulk of the bees leave then
shut the window. After a couple hours
(depending on how far your hives
are from the honey house)
open the window a crack again.

The idea is to let engorged bees
out, then shut off their return.
And repeat until most are gone.

Sounds like a pain in the arse, but
it's not too bad. Unless you have loads
of windows of course.

[arky188]

hives are close, only about 30 yards, one very strong on and 3 very good nucs

[Sundance]

That is a tough go then, sorry for
the loss. Hurts to lose girls.

[arky188]

well ive got everything that was honey covered out of there so maybe after they clean up their honey soaked sisters they will go back to work.

[Ross]

My bees do a fine job of cleaning the extractor and all the residule honey. It looks like a war while it's going on, but I find almost no dead bees afterwards.

[honeyman46408]

along with what Sundance said turn out all the lights and leave one small opening where they can see the light and most will go "home"

Now I will tell you my story, I was in the hospital and some of my friends came over to finish the job I started on my house (none of them Beekeepers) they left the garage open all day where my equptment is needless to say the girls had a field day (it was in September) lucky my next door neighbor knowes my mentor so he called him to find out how to get the girls out.

All of us have some stories to tell --- and some we wont ;)

[iddee]

And some like 35 years ago when my 3 month old daughter was napping in the crib when the swarm moved into the bedroom. When my wife checked on her, the whole swarm was in flight over the whole bedroom. Now, does mama save baby, or run???

Luckily, I was home and retrieved baby before mom had a heart attack. All ended well. smile.gif

[drobbins]

iddee

I bet she was pleased :rolleyes:
your wife must be a jewel

Dave

[iddee]

To put up with the likes of me for 40 years....She's more like a saint... :D

[honeyman46408]

""To put up with the likes of me for 40 years....She's more like a saint...""

Iddee;

I have one like that and her name is "Bea" so I was a Beakeeper before I had bees

;)

[tecumseh]

sundance sezs:
Never tried this, but I was told you
can shut the door and darken
all the windows save one. Wait until
the bees are engourged then open that
one window but a crack.


tecumseh adds:
yep....