[oxnatbees] Re: Swarms received

From: Gareth John <gj.garethjohn@xxxxxxxxx>
To: oxnatbees@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 10 May 2022 21:38:32 +0100

Juli asks about large swarms. This is the largest I’ve every had and I doubt I’ll ever see a bigger one. As you can see it took a tripod to hold the skep; the swarm had bent over the young fruit tree with its weight.
Gareth

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On 10 May 2022, at 21:21, Juli Cohen <juliane.cohen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I’m glad the hiving went well, Jonny. I’m surprised you say the cast swarm from me was small. It weighed 930g, which I thought was quite big for a cast swarm. Was Kerry’s swarm so enormous that it made mine look small? 😅 Kerry, did you weigh your swarm? I wonder what the largest swarm is that’s been caught in this group over the years? 🤔
Juli
On 10 May 2022, at 21:16, Robin Colyer <robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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:

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
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