Well the hive I gave to a friend may have swarmed but I don't think so. I got a call from the person I gave bees to and she said there were two swarms in her neighbors tree. Oh darn, so I grabbed the only box I had as a swarm trap and headed over. When I got there there was a beautiful swarm about a basket ball size just hanging about 10 ft on a branch of a big tree. Then she showed me a dead tree with about a 2 1/2 in hole in it about 4 ft from the ground with bees coming and going. It looked to me that they had been there awhile and my guess is the swarm came from this tree not the hive I gave her two weeks ago but I could be wrong.
I asked the neighbor if he wanted these bees and he said he didn't care. He had no problem having me set up a trap with frames and LGO. He also said he had a friend that keeps bees (lots of them) and he could call them to come and get them. So I told him I would set up the trap and if they go in his friend can have the bees and return my equipment. If they don't go in and they are still there his friend can come and get them.
I do not want more bees that is why I gave the first ones away. I decided not to shake them in the box because I felt it would be better if the bees chose to go in rather than me trying to force them in and have them take off anyway. What do the beesource members think is better or more likely to get the bees to stay in a box?
I asked the neighbor if he wanted these bees and he said he didn't care. He had no problem having me set up a trap with frames and LGO. He also said he had a friend that keeps bees (lots of them) and he could call them to come and get them. So I told him I would set up the trap and if they go in his friend can have the bees and return my equipment. If they don't go in and they are still there his friend can come and get them.
I do not want more bees that is why I gave the first ones away. I decided not to shake them in the box because I felt it would be better if the bees chose to go in rather than me trying to force them in and have them take off anyway. What do the beesource members think is better or more likely to get the bees to stay in a box?