Excellent! :)
On Sun, 8 May 2022 at 21:35, Dorothy Hall <dorothyghall@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks for the swarm, Juli.
They merrily walked into my hive yesterday and seem to be settling in.
There seem to be more of them than the swarm I collected last year from
Gemma.
They are clustering in the south east corner of the hive above a south
facing entrance.
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<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cQ0fnsde1Nxx4BwvniR7gUdJuKZW49vg/view?usp=drive_web>
Dorothy
On Sat, 7 May 2022, 10:20 Juli Cohen, <juliane.cohen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
A little update. The bees didn’t actually go into the box properly
overnight but they moved up the fence enough that I was able to brush them
into the box complete with queen this time! They weigh 730g, which I gather
is reasonable for a cast swarm. They are all boxed up and will be picked up
by Dorothy shortly.
Wishing you all a swarmy day.
Juli
On 6 May 2022, at 18:56, Juli Cohen <juliane.cohen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thank you. I just had the same idea as Lynne:
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I’ll try to tape the flaps down a bit so they can crawl up them on the
inside.
I’ll report back in the morning…
Juli
On 6 May 2022, at 18:34, Oxnatbees <oxnatbees@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Lynne suggests if smoke doesn't work, duct tape the box just above them
as an inviting warm space as the temperature dtops tonight.
I.e. tape the flaps of the box to the fence
On Fri, 6 May 2022, 18:31 Oxnatbees, <oxnatbees@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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
