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>Congratulations on your first swarm! May it prosper.
>Exciting, ain't it?
> Shawna Roberts
> Gypsy Bees
> Hollister, CA
Thanks for your interesting comments Shawna,
I would just like to add a little advice based on my experience lately. I
hived a huge swarm yesterday about 11:00am, now normally I would put them in
a cardboard box turned upside down on a large sheet and prop a stone under a
corner to allow the remaining bees to enter. However, as I was doing a favor
for a friend I did what she asked and put them straight into a hive with
drawn out frames. The swarm covered 10 BS frames and the outside of the hive
was still heaving! I was on my way to the office so I decided to call my
friend and tell her to meet me later with a super or two to give them more
room. By 5 pm they were gone, lessons:
1. Trust your instinct, I should have given space there and then.
2. Don't leave swarms in temperatures of 28C without some shade, they were
in an orchard so I have no excuse.
3. I will go back to using my empty box method, it works!
We are enjoying a real heat wave at the moment here in the UK after the
coldest spring in over a hundred years, there are swarms everywhere!
bee happy
- Ken Black
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