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- From: "Peter Smith" <psmith AT leaptec.com>
- To: "'Orange County, NC Beekeepers'" <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [ocba] SWARM questions - Those left behind.
- Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 08:46:41 -0400
I recently hived a fairly large swarm of
bees from a neighbor’s yard which was wrapped around a small tree trunk
about 15 feet off the ground. They are doing well in a nucleus box and seem
active and happy. There is some consternation on the part of my neighbor, who
is a little afraid of bees, that I did not “get” them all, there
remain a few hundred in the original spot, and they seem to have drawn a small
comb. I have already made a return trip to try capturing more of them, but
because they are actually quite high up and wrapped around the trunk, it was
hard to shake and brush them all into the collecting box while standing on a
ladder. I have a couple of questions for those who
may have done this a few more times than I have: a) What would you expect to
happen to the unfortunate ones inevitably left behind when a swarm is captured?
b) Is it surprising that they will try to draw comb? c) Does this indicate
perhaps I missed collecting the queen (I think this is highly unlikely due to
the statistics involved and the condition of the new hive, but I did not
actually find her on the frames in the nucleus box when I looked). d) What
would you suggest I do to remove the remaining bees from the tree so that my
neighbor has peace of mind? Thanks in advance for your advice. |
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[ocba] SWARM IN DURHAM,
Becky Bollinger, 05/06/2008
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
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[ocba] SWARM IN DURHAM,
Becky Bollinger, 05/07/2008
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Re: [ocba] SWARM IN DURHAM,
Elisabeth Curtis, 05/07/2008
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[ocba] SWARM questions - Those left behind.,
Peter Smith, 05/08/2008
- Re: [ocba] SWARM questions - Those left behind., Wilson Lamb, 05/08/2008
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[ocba] SWARM questions - Those left behind.,
Peter Smith, 05/08/2008
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Re: [ocba] SWARM IN DURHAM,
Elisabeth Curtis, 05/07/2008
- [ocba] SWARM IN DURHAM, Becky Bollinger, 05/23/2008
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