You can move bee s a few feet 20 50 or whatever. All All you have to do is put a branch or something similar in front of the entrance. The bees will re orient...
It is a little more complicated, but I've moved them further than three feet many times. Some will return, however, and usually I deal with that with a box at...
Hi, ... The bees, or more correctly, their creator God make the rules generally and sometimes they reveal new rules to a beekeeper that will throw a beekeeper...
Hi, ... So Michael, What do you suggest this person do with the colony in a log to move the colony several city blocks? God Bless, Keith Malone Chugiak, Alaska...
Thanks for all your responses! I am interested to hear what you would have done, too, Michael Bush. I actually read your article on bee-moving before I got any...
I have a question about moving bees and how they will act after wards. When tansporting bees that are screened in so they can not fly during the trip from...
... February 4, 2009, 11:25 PM I have a question about moving bees and how they will act after wards. When transporting bees that are screened in so they can...
My experience with this is that a lot depends on the strength of the hive. So it is also affected by time of year. What I'm saying is that moving a hive in...
Wow. . .you move bees in unscreened hives???? I'd never have thought that would be possible. Amazing! -Jeff ... From: FeralBeeProject@yahoogroups.com ...
To clarify, I only move unscreened bees in the evening, not during the day. I also never found it necessary to staple boxes together, etc. as some do. Tie...
... Thats a good practice. I close up the bees at dusk while there is still some light. When the bees are at their new zipcode, screen is removed after dark,...
One more thing. Though I don't staple the hives or lids, I have always nailed the bottom boards to the brood chamber super permanently. I agree, without...
SOP is to keep them closed, weather permitting, and it's not too hot... Then cover the entrance late eve with (a little) grass, such that they work their way...
Use a ratchet strap to lock the hive together and then remove the strap when the hive is in the new location. No staples, no sliding hive parts. Mike in LA ...
Harbor freight has a heavy duty hot knife 130 watts at just under $20. Sale price now. Somewhere I saw a laser thermometer on sale also there. Jim Payne ...
... I would say if you wait till dark to open the hives, the bees wont do any flying until morning. I would probably shove some grass in the entrance, or...
Close to neighbors? I hope there's a barrier that will make them fly up and away. And the old saying, 'out of sight, out of mind', certainly applies. ...
That depends on the weather, the forecast, the number of bees, the temperament of the neighbors and IF I have a place I could put them two miles away. But...
Bees start out getting a bit angry from being moved around and jostled on the trip. As time goes on they get demoralized (assuming a reasonably long trip) and...
Here's a video link announcing a Utah siting of AHBs. http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2009/02/video-africanized-killer-bees.html I take note of the trap shape...
--I request info on natural cavity size, This is highly dependant on available cavities. In my area where logging eliminated most large trees, the bee trees I...
... The natural approach may have been in the minds of beekeepers for hundreds of years. Sir Christopher Wren, the great architect of St. Paul's Cathedral,...
I am knocking around an idea. Using an old hot water heater. Upright as far as I can determine would make harvest nearly impossible but on its side with the...
That would be good recycling! But how would you inspect the frames? Sliding the whole rack out would be difficult, if not impossible if the bees propolized...
Thanks for the tips! Now I wonder: Let's say I find a swarm a couple of blocks away (quite possible, since I saw five within two blocks last year). If I can...
... as far as I can determine would make harvest nearly impossible but on its side with the top cut off and a sliding rack to slide in conventional frames held...
On the inside is a glass tank. Jim P ... From: <OOWONBS@...> To: <FeralBeeProject@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 1:21 PM Subject:...
... Jim P Glass tank? That would be a prohibitive cost for normal hot water heater tank manufacturing. In any event, so It stays stationary, and you fabricate...
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