[permaculture] Catching bees?
Dieter Brand
diebrand at yahoo.com
Fri May 8 16:56:03 EDT 2009
There is a bee swarm that has been hovering over our land for a couple of days. They are obviously looking for a new place to settle. I guess it will be too late now to go and buy a beehive, but I wonder about the next time, how can I make them settle in my beehive? I have seen local farmers standing below a swarm throwing a bundle of cloth at it to make them come down and settle. I never saw that it actually worked though.
Is this the right way of doing it? Or is there a better way (perhaps involving color, sound, smells, etc.)? Is it safe to do or do I risk being stung by numerous bees?
Dieter Brand
Portugal
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