biggles
House Bee
- Joined
- May 7, 2010
- Messages
- 336
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- Location
- Tunbridge wells Kent uk
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- loads
I seem to have had a couple of days chasing bees. First off I had a small swarm fly from one of my colonys that I was just about to check (a day late).
I flew off over the hedge into a field that I couldn't get into. The next day a call from a house up the road saying she had bees. So off I go and sure enough bees all over the place.
Mean while a friend who has bees in his house (Been there 15yrs and swarms into my bait hives twice a year) calls me saying my bait hive is full. I say I will collect tomorrow.
Back to the house with bees, they seem to be every where, not in a ball or going in and out of an entrance etc. I go home collect a bait hive and a frame of brood, mainly drones to try and get them to settle. I leave them there.
The next day I get an early call from my friend, says he woke up with a swarm in his bed room. He managed to get them out but my bait hive was empty. Then a call from a lady in a house a few doors up from my other bait hive. The bees are now in her chimney. I go and have a look but can only see 3 bees. I remove the two from her living room and see one out side, so I tell her to call me if she sees any more and off I go to see whats happened at my friends house.
The bees from his bed room have gone into a hole in the fascia board. So after an hour and some damage to his house, I have them back in the hive. I them go back the the other bait hive, empty. The lady up the road sees me and waves for me. When I get there she says she saw one more bee, so called out a pest control man to kill them!
He charged her for killing it!
That evening I move the hive with bees, 15 miles to linseed oil.
This morning I check and they've gone again.
Two swarms over 3 days and 60 miles. what happen to all the easy swarms in low hedges.
Anyone else been chasing bees?
I flew off over the hedge into a field that I couldn't get into. The next day a call from a house up the road saying she had bees. So off I go and sure enough bees all over the place.
Mean while a friend who has bees in his house (Been there 15yrs and swarms into my bait hives twice a year) calls me saying my bait hive is full. I say I will collect tomorrow.
Back to the house with bees, they seem to be every where, not in a ball or going in and out of an entrance etc. I go home collect a bait hive and a frame of brood, mainly drones to try and get them to settle. I leave them there.
The next day I get an early call from my friend, says he woke up with a swarm in his bed room. He managed to get them out but my bait hive was empty. Then a call from a lady in a house a few doors up from my other bait hive. The bees are now in her chimney. I go and have a look but can only see 3 bees. I remove the two from her living room and see one out side, so I tell her to call me if she sees any more and off I go to see whats happened at my friends house.
The bees from his bed room have gone into a hole in the fascia board. So after an hour and some damage to his house, I have them back in the hive. I them go back the the other bait hive, empty. The lady up the road sees me and waves for me. When I get there she says she saw one more bee, so called out a pest control man to kill them!
He charged her for killing it!
That evening I move the hive with bees, 15 miles to linseed oil.
This morning I check and they've gone again.
Two swarms over 3 days and 60 miles. what happen to all the easy swarms in low hedges.
Anyone else been chasing bees?
but not sure for how long. I had the same idea to put her in a cage or to put a QE on the floor but I'l give it one more go first.
