Help! I built a top bar hive and housed my bees on Saturday. I got a lot of info from Michaek Bush's site.
Here are some things I did:
I sprinkled dry sugar in the bottom of the hive
I released the queen directly into the hive. She flew down to the bottom and was quickly surround by the other bees.
Yesterday, there were alot of bees on the outside of the hive
Today I got home and the hive had swarmed into my neighbors yard!
I opened the hive and they already had quite a bit of comb going, but except for a few stragglers it was empty.
I captured the swarm, but they weren't very docile. I managed to get most of them into a box, including a big clump which I hope the queen is in.
I dumped them back into the hive.
What else can I do?
What did I do wrong?
Thanks for your help
Here are some things I did:
I sprinkled dry sugar in the bottom of the hive
I released the queen directly into the hive. She flew down to the bottom and was quickly surround by the other bees.
Yesterday, there were alot of bees on the outside of the hive
Today I got home and the hive had swarmed into my neighbors yard!
I opened the hive and they already had quite a bit of comb going, but except for a few stragglers it was empty.
I captured the swarm, but they weren't very docile. I managed to get most of them into a box, including a big clump which I hope the queen is in.
I dumped them back into the hive.
What else can I do?
What did I do wrong?
Thanks for your help