My Trap out

[SixFooter]

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Never tried this before.Don't tell me I've done it all wrong!

 

[VEG]

will they not try to get into the air brick above?

 

[Phayze]

wow that looks cool never seen it done before either but now i at least understand the mechanics great pic.by the way did you get the swarm from pennington flash the other day

 

[SixFooter]

will they not try to get into the air brick above?

There was a hole by the window frame and the bees found it and started fanning. There was then a procession from the cone to the hole. It was quite a march and very noticeable. I went back up again, plugged the hole and it stopped. There was no fanning from the air brick. I think air bricks are connected to the inside vent these days by channeling. Hopefully this will be bee tight and not provide a route into the nest.
I'm going back tomorrow to see what's going on.

 

[SixFooter]

wow that looks cool never seen it done before either but now i at least understand the mechanics great pic.by the way did you get the swarm from pennington flash the other day

I wasnt quick enough. Sorry.

 

[hiveabee]

Will the Queen come out and into the nuc? how long does it take to catch all the bees? I may try this at friends house who has bees under the gable end.

 

[Mike a]

Looks good.

How big was the colony in the nuc before you put them up there?

 

[jimmybee]

You never get the queen just the flying bee's you have to put brrod into the nuc and they raise a new queen did this last year on 2 tree's.

 

[Mike a]

Will the Queen come out and into the nuc? how long does it take to catch all the bees? I may try this at friends house who has bees under the gable end.

My understanding is the queen in the wall will not come out, sadly she is doomed to be sealed in the cavity as the level of stores diminishes along with all the foraging bees. The nuc remains in place for several weeks before its removed and the hole sealed up.

 

[jimmybee]

Yes thats how it works pointless but good fun.

 

[SixFooter]

Yes thats how it works pointless but good fun.

Why is it pointless?
Bees have been there for years and the occupants of the building dont want to kill them. Admittedly, the Queen dies, but the problem is solved!

 

[jimmybee]

Why is it pointless?
Bees have been there for years and the occupants of the building dont want to kill them. Admittedly, the Queen dies, but the problem is solved!

Point less for the beekeeper but not for the occupant.

 

[VEG]

not pointless at all. The beekeeper gets the bees alive and the house owner doesnt get them sprayed.

 

[susbees]

So the bees come out to forage and can't return is how I'm reading this....but why should they go into the nuc? Probably missed some vital clue....

 

[VEG]

they dont have any where else to go.

 

[SixFooter]

Didnt work!
Lots of dead bees on the ground and in the box.
Abject failure in fact!
I've taken the cone off and will be using a bee vac at the weekend to get as many bees out as I can. Then maybe try again with the cone and box.

 

[Chris Luck]

Better using the magic white powder as far as I'm concerned, kill them quickly.

Chris

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Didnt work!
Lots of dead bees on the ground and in the box.
Abject failure in fact!
I've taken the cone off and will be using a bee vac at the weekend to get as many bees out as I can. Then maybe try again with the cone and box.

I think the problem is timing - not that much forage around for them to store in their new home at the moment - a few bad weather days and they've used up all their stores and starve.
My trap out was looking like going that way - they were fine in the new hive for nearly two weeks then another spell of bad weather, got there too late for a lot of them (dead heads in the emty cells) so i've opened it all up and will have to go back to the drawing board!

 

[Jeff Buzz]

Didnt work!
Lots of dead bees on the ground and in the box.
Abject failure in fact!
I've taken the cone off and will be using a bee vac at the weekend to get as many bees out as I can. Then maybe try again with the cone and box.

In my experience you need to take the trapped out bees away very quickly like 1 to 2 days and combine them in with a colony otherwise they will starve.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

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