merylvingien
Field Bee
- Joined
- Aug 5, 2009
- Messages
- 536
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- Location
- Near Andover Hampshire
- Hive Type
- Commercial
- Number of Hives
- 7
Well, formerly i was beeless, however after today, which was a busy day on the phone with regards to swarms (people as far as london were calling) i now have a smallish swarm that was a slightly awkward job in a loft and had to be done with the new beevac which worked very well.
A quick note on the bee vac, although time consuming when collecting individuals, it seems to work very well so long as you dont get too many bees at once up the tube. They were holding hands at one point and needed a helping blow to get the tube cleared. It is no so powerfull as to suck thier wings off or do them damage.
At the moment they are chilling out in the shed, still in the inner capture box which is well ventilated, along with several hangers on that didnt get sucked up, but were bums up and fanning, so i am confident that i got the queen. Tommorow i need to empty them into a half size hive (nuc box).
The plan is to site the nuc, ramp upto the entrance, sheet on the ground, and gently empty them onto the sheet and let them walk in.
So any tips here will be appreciated.
A quick note on the bee vac, although time consuming when collecting individuals, it seems to work very well so long as you dont get too many bees at once up the tube. They were holding hands at one point and needed a helping blow to get the tube cleared. It is no so powerfull as to suck thier wings off or do them damage.
At the moment they are chilling out in the shed, still in the inner capture box which is well ventilated, along with several hangers on that didnt get sucked up, but were bums up and fanning, so i am confident that i got the queen. Tommorow i need to empty them into a half size hive (nuc box).
The plan is to site the nuc, ramp upto the entrance, sheet on the ground, and gently empty them onto the sheet and let them walk in.
So any tips here will be appreciated.