Think I've found me swarm!

[keith pierce]

If they die out over the winter,then seal the gap in the tree or you will have the same problem again

 

[Hivemaker.]

Expanding foam is good for blocking holes in trees ect.

 

[mbc]

problem ?!!?

 

[Margaret Elisabeth]

If they survive the winter and get to be a good colony they might swarm again then you could hive that swarm if your golfers are put on alert to watch out for them. I saw an interesting film of some Skep beekeeping where the old beekeeper caught the swarms and the after-swarms in a long, fine mesh, sack like arrangement a bit like the old fashioned fishing keep net with the open end tied to the Skep and the closed end supported with a long stick. I don't remember the site but try putting in skep bee keeping in Germany.

 

[user 6228]

If they die out over the winter,then seal the gap in the tree or you will have the same problem again

Its not a problem its an opportunity to preserve a natural habitat for bees. We have destroyed so much, and this would an opportunity for a golf course to give a little back of what they taken.

 

[itma]

Expanding foam is good for blocking holes in trees ect.

Expanding foam is good for blocking holes in trees ect.

Is there an echo in here?

 

[preyingmantos]

maybe you could use one of those mechanics camera scopes along with some sort of suction tube to see if you can prize out the queen...

 

[Chris Luck]

I'm assuming you have some experience of these matters?

Chris

 

[preyingmantos]

check this out :-

 

[mbc]

Lol. very good !

 

[Chris Luck]

And you get this on the NHS?

Chris

 

[Rob55]

Damn, I've been papped!

 

[Alabamaeee]

And you get this on the NHS?

Chris

That's how the NHS gets the bee venom for desensitisation treatments.

 

[tonybloke]

If they survive the winter and get to be a good colony they might swarm again then you could hive that swarm if your golfers are put on alert to watch out for them. I saw an interesting film of some Skep beekeeping where the old beekeeper caught the swarms and the after-swarms in a long, fine mesh, sack like arrangement a bit like the old fashioned fishing keep net with the open end tied to the Skep and the closed end supported with a long stick. I don't remember the site but try putting in skep bee keeping in Germany.

I've got6 a copy on here, think the originals have been taken down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsq4EDRv2O8&feature=share&list=UU5LymNqOeTZVCYhWxNzYZLQ