Recent content by Bluenoser

Thanks, I appreciate all the info. The swarm trap has one entrance and some vents holes at the top. I was planning on going back after dark or whenever they aren't flying around and staple a small patch of #8 hardware cloth over the entrance then move them to another location, then take the...

Ok thanks. So if I want to move them 200 or so feet, I should take them at night, 3 miles or more away for 3 weeks, then I can put them anywhere after that. I will try doing that.

Thanks for the reply. How far do I have to move them to prevent them from returning to the same spot where the trap was?

Went to take down a swarm trap today and was surprised by the presence of bees in it. They must have moved in within a week. What would be the best hope for survival or is there no hope. Swarm trap has two old brood frames and 3 empty foundation with beeswax painted on them.

The one on the left didn't make it. I had an upper exit hole and foam inside outer cover and insulated around, but I believe the moisture was too high in the hive and they got wet because of not enough ventilation. I was more worried about the cold and underestimated the amount of heat the bees...

Very similar. Last year.

Thank-you Murox. I will try that for the outside frames.

Thanks again for the reply. The upper brood box is packed with Honey. Before I started feeding, they were filling from the upper box to the lower box during the cool nights we have had lately. If I take a couple of honey frames, will they take syrup to replace the frames and then stop taking...

I will be overwintering in the 2 deeps for both hives. I put a 2" shim above the upper deep with paper and sugar directly on the frames, then inner-cover, then a Vivaldi box (a homemade version with ventilation holes w/plugs) and paper with sugar on it directly on the upper deep frames in the...

Thanks for the replies. Yes, I'm a beginner. Today it's sunny and 15. I have started feeding 2:1 sugar for the bees over the past weekend. With winter coming I hope to leave 70-80lbs of honey for the bees. Just wanted to take a couple of frames of honey without brood before the weather...

Can you use a triangular bee escape for a 1st year double brood hive (2 deeps) to remove most of the bees in the top brood box by putting it between the brood boxes, even though if the queen happens to be in the top box , some will probably be clustered around her, or will all the bees stay...