Hello all, First off, I'd like to thank everyone who has posted here, there is a wealth of good information. I have been out of beekeeping for several years...
Grant That sounds like a wonderful trick. My first thought was, "auh, i'll have to check this too often to make sure they don't take flight." Then it dawned on...
How do I purchase these? ... From: naturebee To: FeralBeeProject@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 5:09 PM Subject: [FeralBeeProject] Re: Swarm -...
I assume (and you know what they say about assuming things) that the lure was placed in the cannister, and the cannister was hung on the string. Given your...
It would seem for the cost of the film can swarm catcher they might be good cheap insurance around a bee yard. If one had a hive swarm, the swarm catcher...
Hi All, Does anyone know of a good reliable source for a Lure and/or Trap? I've made several attempts to contact the couple of members on this forum that claim...
... I use a few drops of lemongrass oil on a cotton ball for a swarm lure and a single deep body with and old comb and empty frames for a trap. A five frame...
Hi and thanks for the reply, Yes an early spring. The temperature dipped below 75 Degrees Fahrenheit a few days ago and my bees called the Concierge ...
Hello Dave and all! I apologize for the delay in answering requests for lures. Something has come up and have been very busy. This Monday, I plan on making...
In looking around my immediate area I find that actual trees for bees to take up residence in are virtually non existent. There are very very few large oak...
Hello Grant and All! Thats a great Idea Grant! Where there are bee trees I know of, I have asked the homeowners to call when a swarm comes out. But the ...
Hello Gregg! Check the files section of this group in the folder: "Feral Honeybees, Swarms & Beelining" I know we have some stuff stored there that may help. ...
Joe: I put out a swarm trap this afternoon. It is about 9’ up. It is on the side of a pine tree. It is facing South East. The oaks are too crooked for much...
Nice photo, Joe. I know of two colonies residing in duck boxes very similar to the one in your photo. Both of them are in areas with oaks, ~10 feet up and face...
A chapter from bee hunting history: The importance of honey hunters and robbing bee trees in early times is best proven by the dispute which occurred in 1839...
Temps were in the 60's this weekend so I had a look at a few of my hives. I found one with what appears to be a new queen. It is at least not the marked...
Continued today on building swarm trap mounting frames and putting them up. I will have four traps in about a square mile around my place. One is in the woods...
Hi Folks; This will be my first year trapping swarms. What are some of the tips for moving the bees to Langstrom hives. Should I use frames with starter...
... Hello Nick! I prefer to use full sheets of small cell foundation. Sometimes swarms require regressing, and the full sheets will start the process. Any...
"boabrothers" <joshvolmer@...> wrote: …She is small and skinny and looks like a ... bringing in pollen and ... Should I wait until ... favorite feral lines ...
Hello All, The Asian Hornet, Vespa velutina a relative of Vespa mandarinia, has recently been found in France, thought to be imported from the Far East in a...
I use a six-frame nuc box for my traps. I install a lure (various ones available commercially. I mix my own stuff), then add six frames. I like wired, brood...
On the link below you can hear a radio talk show about CCD: Speakers: Eric Mussen, extension apiculturalist at the University of California, Davis and author...
Hello All, Here's a swarm call list that you can sign up for swarms and bee removals. Sponsored by Ebeehoney.com I've got several bee calls referred from this...
Today my father and I set up two bait hive stations in a field of native grasses and shrubs southeast of a wooded area on his farm. We made these stations by...
Hello Justin! Good planning! It is good to get swarm traps out a few weeks early so foragers are aware of there presence. My swarming starts here as ealy as...
