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From: "Christine Gray" <[log in to unmask]>
> So not much u could do - except to wrap a swarm box up in a cloth just as
> soon as you dump the bees in, if the swarm has been out some time  -
without
> waiting for the fliers to go in - and saw it go while the garden owner
gave
> me a cup of tea.  I felt stupid as I was midway in a knowledgeable lecture
> on how good bees were for the environment.  So now I always wrap up
> straightaway.

This seems to me to be a very irresponsible way to take a swarm, especially
from someone's garden.  The fliers can hang around for days causing
considerable problems.  We used to have an association member who did this
regularly and I was called on several occasions to try to sort out the
mess - eventually we quietly removed him from the swarm list!

You are also getting a much smaller swarm than you would if you left the box
until evening before wrapping it up.

Peter Edwards
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www.stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk/

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