[ocba] Bees in Hunting Lodge

Tom Wright twright at vicksburg.com
Mon Mar 2 08:48:28 EST 2009


This brings up something interesting. In MS we kept getting swarm calls 
in locations remote from any known beekeepers. There were two theories 
to explain this.

First, feral bees were developing Varroa resistance.

Second, A feral colony lasted just long enough to spin off a swarm or 
two and these swarmed again before dying off.

Either, or neither, could be correct.

I wonder if anyone is looking into this?

Tom

Lewis Cauble wrote:
> I dropped by the old hunting lodge house in southern Caswell county on  
> friday to see if the bees that we were considering removing for our  
> field day were still there.  It was warm on friday morning, but I saw  
> no indication that the bees had survived the winter.  I watched for  
> about 10 minutes and none came or went.  I'll try again on a warmer  
> and sunnier day, but I think we may be skunked.
>
> I've been considering installing a package in a wall of my old shed.   
> I'd let them build up for a few weeks, then we could take them out and  
> hive them for the field day.  It might be a silly idea, but it also  
> may offer a more controlled sort of atmosphere for this sort of  
> activity.  Any ideas/comments?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Lewis
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