Milfoil
New Bee
- Joined
- Jun 28, 2011
- Messages
- 38
- Reaction score
- 1
- Location
- Lancashire
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 0.5
I don't believe it. If you remember a few weeks back I posted this:
http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=11862
but it was not a viable colony, just a few left over so a local beekeeper took the brood to add to one of their hives. By this time I had already bought a new hive and a few bits which I thought were now going to be resigned to the garage for the winter and start again next year. However, a member here suggested that I get hold of some comb and put it inside the new hive to see if a swarm would be attracted. I didn't really think at this time of year there would be any possibility but why not give it a try.
A friend gave me two frames of comb and I rubbed some comb on the inside of the new hive - that was Wed morning (27th July). I just went outside for something and there was a buzzzzzzz . . . .
Seems like a local swarm have decided to come stay here.
http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=11862
but it was not a viable colony, just a few left over so a local beekeeper took the brood to add to one of their hives. By this time I had already bought a new hive and a few bits which I thought were now going to be resigned to the garage for the winter and start again next year. However, a member here suggested that I get hold of some comb and put it inside the new hive to see if a swarm would be attracted. I didn't really think at this time of year there would be any possibility but why not give it a try.
A friend gave me two frames of comb and I rubbed some comb on the inside of the new hive - that was Wed morning (27th July). I just went outside for something and there was a buzzzzzzz . . . .
Seems like a local swarm have decided to come stay here.