merylvingien
Field Bee
- Joined
- Aug 5, 2009
- Messages
- 536
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- Location
- Near Andover Hampshire
- Hive Type
- Commercial
- Number of Hives
- 7
Some while ago some of you will recall Mike A and myself donated some brood frames and bees to Rosecottage.
The bees from my lot were particularly nasty as Sam found out "head on"
Whilst we were sorting the frames out, i caught the nasty old queen and we dabbed some war paint on her.
Over a fortnight ago she swarmed (before i could kill her and requeen them) and went oopp top of nearby oak tree. They have spent the last two weeks happily doing nothing attached to said tree until today when they decided to move on. Swarmed down the garden, round the side of the house and over the road.
Good, i thought, finally they have pissed off.
10 minutes later they were back, in the tree at the bottom of the garden and reachable. So i have popped them in a box, in case they decided to home themselves in the chimney or some other unsuitable place.
Now i am not quite sure what to do with them. The aggressive tendancies of this bunch make them undesirable and the swarm isnt the biggest ive seen, in fact its now quite small as they have been hanging about for 2 weeks.
I dont want to palm them off on some unsuspecting poor soul, so am at a loss.
Do i kill them or let them go somewhere else?
The bees from my lot were particularly nasty as Sam found out "head on"
Whilst we were sorting the frames out, i caught the nasty old queen and we dabbed some war paint on her.
Over a fortnight ago she swarmed (before i could kill her and requeen them) and went oopp top of nearby oak tree. They have spent the last two weeks happily doing nothing attached to said tree until today when they decided to move on. Swarmed down the garden, round the side of the house and over the road.
Good, i thought, finally they have pissed off.
10 minutes later they were back, in the tree at the bottom of the garden and reachable. So i have popped them in a box, in case they decided to home themselves in the chimney or some other unsuitable place.
Now i am not quite sure what to do with them. The aggressive tendancies of this bunch make them undesirable and the swarm isnt the biggest ive seen, in fact its now quite small as they have been hanging about for 2 weeks.
I dont want to palm them off on some unsuspecting poor soul, so am at a loss.
Do i kill them or let them go somewhere else?