BEE-L Archives

Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology

BEE-L@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM
Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
Swarming with a Sundance trap
From:
Lloyd Spear <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 13 Apr 2004 11:02:08 -0400
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (26 lines) 
Chris asks: "I have a Sundance pollen trap on a hive that may eventually
swarm.  Will the
trap have any effect on the swarm as it tries to leave the hive?"

Your bees will swarm just fine, but when the virgin queen hatches and leaves
to mate she won't be able to get back into the hive if you have the 'front
board' set to collect pollen.

However, one of the advantages of the Sundance trap is that if you know a
swarm has left you can set the 'front board' to not collect pollen.  Then
the newly-mated (former) virgin can easily get back into the brood area.
When she is laying, just reset the front board to the collect mode.




Lloyd
Lloyd Spear, Owner Ross Rounds, Inc.
Manufacturers of Ross Rounds Comb
Honey Equipment, Sundance Pollen Traps
and Custom Printer of Sundance Labels.

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
-- Visit www.honeybeeworld.com/BEE-L for rules, FAQ and  other info ---
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

ATOM RSS1 RSS2