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| Well I took the plunge and bought the suit, boxes and all the accessories. I put my wild bees in the box and all was well for the first 3 days... and the promptly few away.
Any tips for keeping bees in their new home? Also, a few stragglers have remained behind. What can I do with them? any chance they will hatch out a queen? (I didn't see queen cells but I'm not sure I would have recognized them, I'm still very new at this) Would it be worth getting a queen for them? Other options? |
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- Posted by konrad___far_north 3..just outside of E (My Page) on Fri, Jul 1, 11 at 4:05
| No queen would be good for a few stragglers, best to buy a package or wait for a new swarm. A swarm wouldn't build queen cell right away. Sometimes when a swarm is hived, some people lock them up with a screen for a couple of day's...I never do. Have you checked all your trees to see if the swarm settled somewhere? |
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- Posted by softmentor z9/sunset13 CA deser (My Page) on Thu, Jul 7, 11 at 15:10
| Thanks Konrad for the response. Yes, checked around. Even watched water sources and followed bees flight path... couldn't find them anywhere close. From what I've gathered, the Q must have been killed or injured in the move. What should I do with the brood comb I put in the frames? Just take the wax and call it a day? |
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- Posted by konrad___far_north 3..just outside of E (My Page) on Fri, Jul 8, 11 at 20:01
| No problem..not sure what you mean by brood comb in the frames. Most likely the queen didn't lay in the 3 day's, if she did then most likely bees would have stayed put. Did the bees build up a little on the foundation? |
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- Posted by konrad___far_north 3..just outside of E (My Page) on Mon, Jul 11, 11 at 1:37
| I just took a swarm down late in the evening, actually I wasn't thinking for swarm but when checking my two hives a swarm was only about 3 feet away in a small cherry tree,.. couldn't miss it. I find taking them down late evening in low ligth they will stay put...at least over night, I never had one taking off after,....some pictures.
A knock on that branch,.. that's it...that was easy.
24 Hours after... I hived them in older combs with crystallized honey, you can see they have cleaned out allot of it, some frames they filled
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