Monday, May 21, 2012
Swarm capture
Frank came to the rescue of Lucretia and her flock. He showed up this morning around ten o'clock with an empty Langstroth and we were off. Frank was the first person who came to mind when the swarm happened. He has not had as good fortune as us with being a new beekeeper and we were pleased when he could come.
Smile girls!
Ready for the shake.
Plop! Most came with the first shake of the tree limb.
One more shake for the stragglers. They started fanning right away, sending out the good mojo to the rest that this was the new home.
Moving in.
Top on, strapped down and waiting for the remaining few to come in the entrance. It looked like we got most of them. He left very pleased.
After he left there were a couple late for the party.
And it looked like there were a few trying to get back in the old house. Just a normal Monday morning here at the "farm".
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YAY!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, thank you, THANK YOU!
ReplyDeleteNow my dear bride has to hear the tales of the first time bee wrangler for the next two weeks ;-)
Oh, and THANK YOU!
Frank
Kitty,
ReplyDeleteThat looked like 4-5 pounds of bees? I'd bet by now all the bees in that hive would have been 4-5 pounds of bees. Are you sure these have swarmed from your hive? Could not be many bees left IMO. BTW Great job Frank!!
Randy, if you had seen how crowded they were last week, even though they still have bars available, you would have no doubt. That hive was so packed we could barely tell they were standing on any comb.
ReplyDeleteAnd why would a swarm from another hive gather their resources for house hunting 8 feet from 2 occupied hives?
Chuck took more pictures this evening.
AND we spotted the new queen, but she hid before he could take her portrait. I think she was dealing with one of her potential successors at the time.
This is all very cool. I love the pictures and play by play. Can't wait to see you guys at the next get together.
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