Neat swarm capture-

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Boondocks

Discussion Starter · Mar 30, 2021

It made me laugh when he found out the bees were not as gentle as he thought they would be.

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How cool he caught the queen but I have a question: Why intend to shake them in front of the box and look for the queen rather than shake them all directly into the box to get the queen? Maybe it is more assured to catch the queen and cage her, but I have never lost a swarm after I shook them all into the box.

Course, I am still not comfortable picking up a queen because I am afraid I will injure her. So there's that.

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Boondocks

Discussion Starter · #3 · Mar 30, 2021

lemmje said:
How cool he caught the queen but I have a question: Why intend to shake them in front of the box and look for the queen rather than shake them all directly into the box to get the queen? Maybe it is more assured to catch the queen and cage her, but I have never lost a swarm after I shook them all into the box.

Course, I am still not comfortable picking up a queen because I am afraid I will injure her. So there's that.

I would say it was show business. More drama.

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Gray Goose

· #4 · Mar 31, 2021

there is a school of thought that if the bees go in the, in door/entrance, they tend to stay as they "choose" to walk in.
If you dump them in they have not "went into a home" so this is not their home.

So in theory they would abscond less if they went in on their own accord.

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