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- From: "Thomas Grizzle" <griz AT mindspring.com>
- To: <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [ocba] Swarm Alert
- Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 12:46:00 -0400
As of about noon today I have a swarm about 40 feet up an oak tree, if someone wants it. It is beyond my reach. It’s rather large. I watched the mass move from the front of their hive high into the air and then settle on the limb of a tree. Directly below it (about 30 feet below) I plan to put a hive box on the top step of an 8 foot ladder (with a bowl of honey on top of the hive) and see if I can coax them down, but if someone can climb trees and catch swarms, have at it. If no one can take it and I cannot catch it I presume Mother Nature will take it. Tom Grizzle 1541 Ferrell Road Chapel Hill 919.967.5199 |
- [ocba] Swarm Alert, Thomas Grizzle, 04/25/2014
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