Joe and all Machelles gauge being put to use in New Zealand feral bee project. http://tinyurl.com/cj4u2 For the second season I am finding many trapped...
I opened my 2 hives yesterday to see what had happened after the 44 C last saturday. The first hive on 4 boxes of 8 brood size frames had been given a bottle...
... Hi Alex & All, Wow, sounds like the bees are doing real good. Catch many ferals this year down there? Alex, what's the 'Oz' mean on your address...
... Hi Bob & All, Yes, she done some nice work on that project. ... I'm very impressed that you are finding such small cells, most ferals here are in the 5.2...
Hello All, I have affordable swarm lures available for those who want them. I regularly sell them at 3 for $10.00 (includes shipping) As a special offer to...
Hello, If the link dosen't work for the lures. It's in the 'files' secton of this group under: "Honeybee Swarm Lures For Sale ~ Instructions.wps.htm" Joe ... ...
... trapping ... Why use only half? Last year I used lures from Brushy Mtn. and they worked. I think your using something similar. I have only 8 swarm boxes...
... they ... a ... the ... thats ... Hi Henry, I meant that one should try and focus some effort to place maybe 1/2 the lures (or what ever number you choose),...
... Joe, I used your lures last year and they seemed to work fine, but I also used lemongrass oil and it seemed to work fine too. I was not scientific about...
... Hello Patrick & All, I apologize, I may not have expressed myself too clear. Although, lures can vary in effectiveness, it is already established that the...
... Please don't. I should have known you'd have this all thoroughly researched. Thanks for bringing me up to speed. The information you provided was very...
Hi Patrick ... My understanding is different... The idea of the lure is to indicate to the bees that is is a 'nice' place, maybe even kid them that bees have...
Dave Cushman <dave.cushman@...> wrote: "There is no guarantee that a swarm will choose a lured cavity. but a cavity with a lure is often occupied first...
Hi Grant & all one swarm lure that I have not yet seen mentioned is the apiary itself... I have had many swarms from other places land in one particular...
... "Me too, and I am not talking about bait hives... Particular branches of trees and fence posts (in the apiary mentioned above) have been landing places for...
I'll be raising a few queens this year with the intent to out-mate them in a very remote location in order to bring in more feral genes. This will be a mostly...
... Hi Waya, After remoteness has been established, I would focus first as a top priority old growth woodlands, this is where ferals will be most abundant....
... I have seen this happen also. My theory is that when the scouts are dancing for the two locations, the dances become confused and the dance for the nearby...
-In one location, having two really nice traps awaiting swarms, a swarm moved into the hollow of an old soft maple tree about fifty feet from my traps. And...
... Joe Joe, Sounds like a plan. As for staggering, I intend to do that with staggered entrances as well as staggered establishment dates, meaning that one...
Hi Joe, Waya & all Mating nucs are rather different from Nucs used to develop a nucleus. They can exist with very small numbers of bees and once the queen has ...
Hello All, I found an online map service that will enable you to plot the locations of your apiaries, bee trees, where feral swarms were caught and locations...
Hello All,I uploaded the Cell Size Gauge created by Michelle Barry, into the files section of this group. You can print it on card stock paper, cut the...
... Hi Henry & All, Thanks for telling me of the problem. Please try this shorter link to see the map I made. You can go ahead and try stuff and edit this...
It is most likely your browser. The application won't run on older browers. I've got Internet Explorer 5.5 and it won't run either. I've been meaning to...
... I had tried both. As I am on dial up, it took a long time for a map to show up, I would have given up, had I not let it just run and did something else...
