Here are some shots of a swarm I picked up last night in some folks front entryway, it was about 6-7lbs:
Swarm in front entryway
Here are some shots of a swarm I picked up last night in some folks front entryway, it was about 6-7lbs:
Last edited by Gene Weitzel; 05-20-2008 at 02:48 PM.
"The UNKNOWN, huh? That would be SNORBERT ZANGOX over in Waycross."
Congrats! So far we've caught three within 4 feet of the ground.
Nice door prize.
There's no place like 127.0.0.1
Yeah, the owners did not really think so, they were terrified and would not even come out the front door. The guy did have two young daughters that were really excited and fired up about the whole thing. I bet he had a heck of a time getting them into bed last night! LOLOriginally Posted by thesurveyor
The swarm was not there when they left for work in the morning, but they found it when they returned home. By the time I got there at around 8:30 pm, they had already drawn about a 3" "torpedo" of comb.
"The UNKNOWN, huh? That would be SNORBERT ZANGOX over in Waycross."
This is about my 10th swarm pick up of the season, but it is by far the largest, most of them have been about volleyball size.
"The UNKNOWN, huh? That would be SNORBERT ZANGOX over in Waycross."
I picked up one a couple of weeks ago that was on a plastic drum laying on its side on the ground. At first I thought that they were moving into the drum, but on further inspection I discovered that the drum was plugged, so they were just resting. Last weekend I peeked at them and saw the queen, she had a chip in one wing and obviously could not fly very high. Prolific little squirt though, they already had a couple of frames of brood going.Congrats! So far we've caught three within 4 feet of the ground.
"The UNKNOWN, huh? That would be SNORBERT ZANGOX over in Waycross."
ha,
I had a different front entry in mind
somebody tried to swarm yesterday and went up in a big oak in the backyard
I ran an errand and came back and they were gone
none of my strong hives "appeared" to have swarmed, no queen cells, lots of bees
today I find this
http://www.drobbins.net/bee's/pics/bugs.jpg
trust me, 10 minutes earlier there were 3 times as many bees on the front of that nuc, there was a thunderstorm about to crash on us when I went to get a camera and a lot went back inside
I think the " swarm" came from the nuc and went back home
there were no queen cells in it but it was WAY overcrowded, slam packed with bees
I split it and gave both halves a little more room, hopefully the queenless half will raise a new queen
anyway, that was my "entryway" issue today
Dave
Wouldn't it be fun to have a hidden cam and catch the reactions when they 1st discovered it...
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