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Video of a swarm capture

2K views 7 replies 6 participants last post by  walking bird 
#1 ·
Just got this swarm yesterday in a backyard in the San Fernando Valley. You always worry about the possibility of Africanized bees down here, but so far this season I've done a garage cutout and this swarm capture, and both were very well-behaved... although of course you'd expect the swarm to be, regardless.

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGN3PoG0ih8&fmt=22
 
#8 ·
It was just high enough to make it a bit of a hassle to use the bucket, and when I got there the owner said he didn't care if I cut the tree limb. that seemed like the easiest way to me at the time, but I suppose I could've done the other... I was racing the clock; needed to get home and set them up before dark, so I went with brute force instead of brains :)

Anything was better than the alternative. The guy was planning to kill all of them that day; a person I work with (it's her uncle's place) asked him to hold off 'til I could get there after work.
 
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