Swarm arriving at bait hive

[Tom Bick]

Managed to catch this swarm arrive at the bait hive after watching it go quet as the scouts left to collect the swarm.

Something just magical stood in the centre of a big swarm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APaDDKtTTsA

 

[user 6228]

A you tube vid doesnt do justice to the real experience

 

[BeeJayBee]

Brilliant Tom, thanks for that. It looks a very good sized swarm

I think you might find the greenhouse has a little too much ventilation for tomatoes

 

[Tom Bick]

Yes it was a good sized swarm. It was lovely watching it approach the hive and the increase in noise as it filled the garden something else.

 

[Jimy Dee]

Lovely stuff, thanks for sharing. Where will you put the hive? You will hardly leave it in the place within the glasshouse frame or will you ?

 

[Tom Bick]

I plan to move then over the weekend and have a couple of apiaries they could go to. Will inspect them before the move.

 

[Motobiman]

Great stuff, I saw one pass by yesterday, didn't stop at my bait have though. :-/

Aside, where do you get the plastic have lids?

 

[Tom Bick]

They are large 60cm sq gardening trays and very useful for covering spare kit especially when you have all your spare rooves in use. They are particularly useful for standing supers in during extracting and moving supers around, saves on loads of drips on the floor.

 

[Plenty of honey]

Lovely video Tom, you really captured the mood, beauty and awesome thing that an arriving swarm is. I could watch this many times and never get bored!!

 

[Erichalfbee]

Wonderful. Thanks for posting

 

[Tremyfro]

What a wonderful experience.....thank you for sharing...I would love to see it live...perhaps one day I will be lucky too.

 

[alldigging]

They are large 60cm sq gardening trays and very useful for covering spare kit especially when you have all your spare rooves in use. They are particularly useful for standing supers in during extracting and moving supers around, saves on loads of drips on the floor.

Indeed! Spotted them a while ago and have bought one for under supers. Did think they'd be useful as lids too!

 

[Tom Bick]

Lovely video Tom, you really captured the mood, beauty and awesome thing that an arriving swarm is. I could watch this many times and never get bored!!

During the winter months it will be something I will keep going back to and always good to have a video or two to look at when it's cold and wet.

The best bit was stood in the centre of it without any protection although after I thought it could have been interesting if the queen happened to settle on my trouser leg

 

[Tom Bick]

What a wonderful experience.....thank you for sharing...I would love to see it live...perhaps one day I will be lucky too.

Have been trying now for several years and just missed out on a couple of times but like you say got lucky this time.

 

[Binge]

Great video!
By far the easiest way to catch a swarm!
It really is a magnificent experience.
I managed to walk along in the cloud of bees of the first swarm I experienced to where they landed.
The number of bees and the noise was tremendous, but as you say in the video, at no point did I feel in any danger, totally placid.

 

[Brigsy]

Very nice. Thanks for sharing.

 

[MerryBee]

Great stuff, I saw one pass by yesterday, didn't stop at my bait have though. :-/

Aside, where do you get the plastic have lids?

Got mine at the garden centre at Broadbridge Heath. Perfect size for national boxes. Probably too big for a warre hive

 

[BeeJayBee]

Aside, where do you get the plastic ... lids?

Mine came from Garden Essentials, when they were on offer a couple of years ago http://www.gardenessentials.co.uk/product/garland-square-gravel-tray-black

 

[Motobiman]

And yesterday another huge swarm flew over my house and I think it settled near the top of an oak tree . . . . . . . :-(

 

[Eyeman]

2nd swarm in bait hive