A happy hiving for me too today - swarm from Paul and Lynne.
I’m not looking for any more swarms myself, though I may be on the donating
side of things before long, if my other colony swarms and I don’t miss it.
Very happy to assist others when I can. I’m not ready for swarm season to
be over for me yet, it’s too much fun.
Thanks all,
Robin
On Tue, 10 May 2022 at 21:11, Oxnatbees <oxnatbees@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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*I believe Jon meant to send this to the mailing list so I will forward
it, with a comment or two - Paul*
Hi. I hived 2 swarms this evening - I had planned to walk them in but in
the end it was really windy around the house - so I shook them in instead
as I didn’t want them to spend a second night boxed up. * [Paul: very
wise. Walking them in is fun, but things can go wrong, so in poor weather
it is best to pop them in as fast as possible. The wind today, and
predicted rain tomorrow will be a big incentive to stay rather than
abscond!]*
The cast swarm from Juli was actually quite small - very docile and
quiet. They went into the hive and only now - an hour or so later are they
venturing outside.
The prime swarm from Kerry was huge & very boisterous and noisy. They
were building comb in some quantity in the 24 hours they were in the swarm
box. They took longer to settle and at one point I thought they were
absconding (could I have lost the queen !?!?!?). In the end they have now
settled down too. We think this swarm is descended from a swarm I gave
Kerry in 2019.
Fingers crossed they are happy.
Thanks to Kerry and Juli for catching and donating. And to Paul and Lynne
for the list in the first place.
Cheers. Jonny
