Swarm Trap, partial success, need advice

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radu43

Discussion Starter · Apr 5, 2014

I caught my first swarm 2 days ago thursday. That was pretty cool. My question is this. Look at the attached img. maybe 1/2 of the bees never went into the box. What is going on? Is that where the queen is? How do I get them to move in? Do I need to intervene or give them some time. You can see in the image, that I slightly opened the top to make move-in easier, but no luck so far.

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JRG13

· #2 · Apr 5, 2014

Are they right on the entrance? That could be the whole swarm just sitting on the box too or maybe the box wasn't big enough.

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Mr.Beeman

· #3 · Apr 5, 2014

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Opening on the right side towards the bottom? If so.... looks like they missed. lol

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radu43

Discussion Starter · #4 · Apr 5, 2014

JRG13 said:
Are they right on the entrance? That could be the whole swarm just sitting on the box too or maybe the box wasn't big enough.

About 2/3 did move in. Box is big enough. Do I just push the issues and force them into the box?

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odfrank

· #5 · Apr 5, 2014

Unmated virgin queen? I had a swarm like that last week that would not move into a box with the entrance touching the bees. It was going to rain for three days so I vac'd it in.

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