On Sun, 12 May 1996, Hunahpu Matamoros wrote: > My concern is that my only functioning Queen in in the centre > of that inacessible swarm and that the other two hives don't > have the material resources(honey/brood) to renew themselves. Bee colonies don't deliberately commit suicide, so they should be fine. Of course, there are no guarantees here, but if you now have two hives with Q cells, you have good insurance. > Not knowing what a swarm box looks like I took a couple of > large cardboard boxes and, after making an entrance hole, set > one flush on top of the old hive and one on top of the rabbit > hutch next to it(i also placed a comb of honey in each, hoping > to attract the swarm). :-) My swarm boxes look an awful lot like cardboard boxes. I don't usually bother with that fancy entrance hole thingy. I just turn it upside down and prop a corner up on something until all the flyers are in. What you've set up is what I would call a bait hive. There's a reasonable chance they'll use it -- if they're still in that tree, they're probably still looking for a good new home. Regards, -- Gordon Scott [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] (work) The Basingstoke Beekeeper (newsletter) [log in to unmask] <A HREF="http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/apis">Embryo Home Page</A> Beekeeper; Kendo 3rd Dan; Sometime sailor. Hampshire, England.