Smoke?
I.e. drive the bees behind the cross ot and towards the collection box with
smoke. It also masks the queen's smell.
The longer she hides there, the more it will smell of her.
Paul
On Fri, 6 May 2022, 18:27 Juli Cohen, <juliane.cohen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all,
We have what I assume is our first cast swarm following our prime swarm
last week. They’re on a fence panel. I have now scooped them into the box
twice and they keep going back. I think the queen might be right behind
where the wood crosses. I’ve tried gently brushing them out from behind the
cross bars with my (gloved) fingers, but no luck so far.
Any bright ideas?
Thanks,
Juli
