[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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