Thank you for replying to my call for help. I captured the second swarm and put it in
the same box with the first one. So far, both swarms are coexisiting peacefully in the
same box..
 
Next time I will try to be prepared. By the way, do you speak Spanish?
 
Andy Cuellar
 
Carlos Aparicio wrote:
 
> Dear Andy:
>
>         The second swarm shouldn't be preoccupations motive.  It will not  remain
> where it is.  At this time, explorers are seeking a place where to establish
> the definitive wild beehive, and in little time will be gone.
>
>         Would be perhaps a good idea, that  you give them  the refuge that they are
> seeking, something which would permit you thereinafter to assign it to a box
> standard and beguin a beehive.
>
>         To give them that refuge, you do not need a beehive comercial type, but a
> common refuge that it can be an invested booth, without floor, or a large
> pul pot invested, to a certain height of the soil.
>
>         Regards and luck
>
>         CARLOS APARICIO
>
> At 08:37 AM 07/04/1998 -0700, Armando G. Cuellar, Jr. wrote:
> >Hello from Walnut Creek, California. I am new beekeer ( 5 hives) with a
> >question, if anyone can help me.
> >
> >Two days ago, two of my hives swarmed.  I had a hive ready to go, so I
> >captured one of the swarms in it and they seem to be doing all right.
> >The second swarm collected itself in a ball on the ground in front of
> >another one of my hives where it has remained until today. I do not have
> >any more hive bodies, so I cannot capture this swarm.  My question is
> >this: can I put this swarm in with the one that is already in a hive
> >box?  I would hate to see these guys perish.  Please advise, if you have
> >the time.
> >
> >Thanking you in advance,
> >
> >Andy Cuellar
> >CATAMA Ranch
> >
> >