Swarm

[Clemcook]

Fancy catching my first swarm, in a bait hive

any top tips??

 

[enrico]

In a bait hive do you mean? Otherwise you have to find one first!!!!! Bit confused!
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[Clemcook]

In a bait hive do you mean? Otherwise you have to find one first!!!!! Bit confused!
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Edited... Yes in a bait hive, let's not run before I can walk

 

[Machonachos]

Best thing I was given was a lure paste. They said it was a mixture of beeswax, olive oil and lemongrass oil. Think the recipe is online but after I smeared that on a few boxes I had lots of interest.


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[Clemcook]

Best thing I was given was a lure paste. They said it was a mixture of beeswax, olive oil and lemongrass oil. Think the recipe is online but after I smeared that on a few boxes I had lots of interest.


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Brill, thank you

 

[simonforeman]

I'm not an expert as first year beekeeper...

I put my bait hive (std national nuc) 10 feet up in tree with an old drawn comb and some for fleabay lure with 4 frames with just starter strips. Had my first swarm in 2 weeks. Have seen others say national nuc is too small on here but worked for me....
Swarm now in a full hive today as filled 6 frame poly that I transferred it to.

 

[Machonachos]

I'm not an expert as first year beekeeper...



I put my bait hive (std national nuc) 10 feet up in tree with an old drawn comb and some for fleabay lure with 4 frames with just starter strips. Had my first swarm in 2 weeks. Have seen others say national nuc is too small on here but worked for me....

Swarm now in a full hive today as filled 6 frame poly that I transferred it to.

I had no problems catching a swarm in a nuc size box. I used a poly Nuc as a template and made 4 bait boxes out of OSB. Worked just fine.


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