Swarmed...

[Luminos]

Spent this morning collecting a swarm from one of my hives...bees flew out and landed conveniently close, in a small amelanchier shrub.
They're now in a nuc box and I hope to hive them this evening...

 

[itma]

Check the others!

 

[enrico]

Spent this morning collecting a swarm from one of my hives...bees flew out and landed conveniently close, in a small amelanchier shrub.
They're now in a nuc box and I hope to hive them this evening...

You could probably do good business selling them in England!
E

 

[Luminos]

Check the others!

Ha! Yes, good advice - first thing I did after "dealing with" the swarm...

 

[beehive1234]

Perhaps a check before?

 

[cjhart2]

Aquitaine , Limousin , Poitou - Charente next !
Awaiting with anticipation .

 

[beehive1234]

Yeah yeah yeah!

 

[beehive1234]

NO....qui...qui.....qui....

 

[cjhart2]

Natural beekeeper . Swarming is part of the process .

Lots of people disagree with this approach but we had a big discussion about not treating for varroa last year , the doom mongers said they were not going to survive , but they are really doing well , large numbers working flat out , supers on and being filled so from my side the approach works .

 

[Dishmop]

Natural beekeeper . Swarming is part of the process .

Lots of people disagree with this approach but we had a big discussion about not treating for varroa last year , the doom mongers said they were not going to survive , but they are really doing well , large numbers working flat out , supers on and being filled so from my side the approach works .

yeh.. swarming is natural..........so is the fact that people get scared shitless when that swarm lands in their garden....or school...

 

[MJBee]

Aquitaine , Limousin , Poitou - Charente next !
Awaiting with anticipation .

Started about a week ago in the Dordogne, cj

 

[cjhart2]

yeh.. swarming is natural..........so is the fact that people get scared shitless when that swarm lands in their garden....or school...

Luckily we have no neighbours for miles so we can get away with it . One good pleasure of the French countryside .

 

[straightman21]

Spent this morning collecting a swarm from one of my hives...bees flew out and landed conveniently close, in a small amelanchier shrub.
They're now in a nuc box and I hope to hive them this evening...

Now then! No one likes a show off - swarms indeed - where do you think you are, France? Oh!
We had one good day here in the last week and I managed to combine one very weak and Q- colony with another that was not much stronger but at least the Q was laying. It's back to mist and drizzle here and the only thing I did in the Apiary today was get wet!
I too hope to be chasing swarms in the not too distant future! Those were the days!

 

[Luminos]

NO....qui...qui.....qui....

That's "who, who, who"... are you an owl, WWB??

 

[Luminos]

Natural beekeeper . Swarming is part of the process .

Lots of people disagree with this approach but we had a big discussion about not treating for varroa last year , the doom mongers said they were not going to survive , but they are really doing well , large numbers working flat out , supers on and being filled so from my side the approach works .

My first colony did not survive varroa....

 

[richardbees]

Location: sussex/Charente

is that the 21st Century/Easyjet equivalent of Balham/Streatham Hill ?

 

[J.M.Learner]

How people don't treat for varroa baffles me sometimes. They may have gotten lucky last year. Also Varroa is known to spread viruses so to treat seems logical. There are plenty of organic and/or other ways such as artificial swarming or drone brood removal. All of which cost less than to re colonies a dead hive... Also this is something for you natural beekeepers to bear in mind perhaps

http://www.vita-europe.com/news/vita-starts-registration-process-for-green-varroa-control-treatment/

 

[cjhart2]

Location: sussex/Charente

is that the 21st Century/Easyjet equivalent of Balham/Streatham Hill ?

Eurotunnel / Citroen - Easyjet would not let me take the new hives on as carry-on baggage .

The Grand tour last for 25 weeks of the year and no more than 90 days or President Holland will have my k*******. The bees just get on with it .

 

[richardbees]

The Grand tour last for 25 weeks of the year and no more than 90 days or President Holland will have my k*******. The bees just get on with it .

vraiment un grand riposte.......

thank you cjh, I enjoyed that!