Howdy folks.
I was asked to retrieve a large swarm this afternoon. It was in a weird location - on the ground in amongst some grass and rocks in the corner of a planter box. This was an insanely huge swarm. I'm guessing 7 or 8 pounds of bees total. I brushed and vacuumed as many bees as I could (maybe 80% of them) into a deep box, but it was really hard to get the ones in amongst the grass. There were honestly so many bees that the hose on my bee vacuum would clog up at times.
I left the box there overnight in hopes that the ones in the box would recruit the rest to come on into the shelter out of the approaching storm, but if that doesn't work can anyone give me advice on the best way to get as many of the stragglers as possible?
TIA
I was asked to retrieve a large swarm this afternoon. It was in a weird location - on the ground in amongst some grass and rocks in the corner of a planter box. This was an insanely huge swarm. I'm guessing 7 or 8 pounds of bees total. I brushed and vacuumed as many bees as I could (maybe 80% of them) into a deep box, but it was really hard to get the ones in amongst the grass. There were honestly so many bees that the hose on my bee vacuum would clog up at times.
I left the box there overnight in hopes that the ones in the box would recruit the rest to come on into the shelter out of the approaching storm, but if that doesn't work can anyone give me advice on the best way to get as many of the stragglers as possible?
TIA