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I captured a swarm last evening, the biggest swarm I have ever seen up close and personal in 40 years of being a beekeeper?
I also never collected a swarm this late in the season. We have a ton of golden rod and asters and other wildflowers right now. Our Normal first frost is Oct 15th.
Can a swarm survey this late in the season?
North Eastern Ohio
putting it in on drawn comb would help alot.
Worst case is that they make a lot of comb for you and die out over the winter. If winter is like last winter, though, they might make it if you feed like crazy.
Very late for a large swarm, for sure.
Peter
I agree with drawn comb. I Caught a small swarm last fall. Throught in with drawn comb an another box of honey. No feeding and by next spring it was ready to split.
What is drawn comb? Please illustrate.
Drawn comb is pulled comb. In other words the cell walls have been raised
Sorry, I guess I should've made that clear. What I mean by "drawn comb" is foundation that has comb built on it.
While we're getting grammar lessons here, how exactly does a swarm survey. Or is this a grammar issue in itself.
I think he meant "survive"
Thats what i thought too but he wrote the same way in the title.
dfortune
I'm sure he meant Survive.
That was not that hard to figuer out .
But i geuss ya just had to point that and contribute.
Ben Franklin
I caught 2 swarms aug. 27 and 28 and both are on there third nuc box {i have the nucs stacked 3 high}filling out the frames. I'm feeding 2/1 suryp and they seem to build alot faster in my nuc towers and swarms build real fast .
Or if you think they can't make it you could combine with a weak hive but i'm sure you know that being a beekeer this long my hats off to you and good luck. My first frost is around first week in OCT.:)
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Survey.
Each bee is equiped with two antenna's.
:DI think the general thought about survival was understood.
Try to add a frame of capped brood after the swarm has settled down in 7-10 days.
Good luck,
Ben you say 40 yrs of keeping ,this makes me think you have a few established hives
If so?? besides the drawn comb is it possible to rob a frame of capped honey from each
to give them a fighting chance
I'm a southerner so don't have those problems just Guesstimating :)
40 years of keeping a bee hive I should say. I have had a lot of experience(s) and built up my hive yard to 10 this summer. But sadly I do hot have capped honey to give to the swarm. It has been a up and down year, right now the bees are filling back what they used this summer.
Oh and BTW for those who use proper grammar and spelling, I am going back to school. And yes I did not mean for the bees to go out and Survey a field or plot. Hey I was tired!!