On Thu, 2006-06-29 at 17:27 +0000, [log in to unmask] wrote:


> I shook the bees out of the bee vac box into a nuc
> and
> can't expect a swarm or a moved colony to 
> stay put in a new box.

I have never lost a collected swarm since I decided to throw them on the
traditional sheet and let them walk into the hive. I wonder if the last
step of the swarm's move to a new home is simulated by this action,
whereas throwing them into a hive does not, and completes their
instinctive need.

james kilty
http://www.honeymountain.co.uk

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