aberreef
Field Bee
- Joined
- Apr 22, 2010
- Messages
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- Location
- Mid Glamorgan
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 5 hives + 3 nucs
I performed an AS on one of my hives last week but they still swarmed a few days later. They settled towards the top of a large oak tree near the apiary so, with more than a little effort, I managed to catch them by climbing to the top of a ladder and used a bucket on a 12' pole to shake the bees into (not ideal but the only option I had!)
Miraculously they have stayed in the hive I put them in and three days later there's pollen being taken in and the hive is very active. I need to move the colony from their current location and would like to reunite with the original, q- hive.
My plan is to use the paper method to unite, is this suitable and is there anything else I should be considering? I've removed all the queen cells from the q- hive already since they are not the nicest bees to work and I have no desire to increase from them
I've never united a colony this late in the season so I'm unsure about how the bees will re orientate themselves etc
Thanks
Huw
Miraculously they have stayed in the hive I put them in and three days later there's pollen being taken in and the hive is very active. I need to move the colony from their current location and would like to reunite with the original, q- hive.
My plan is to use the paper method to unite, is this suitable and is there anything else I should be considering? I've removed all the queen cells from the q- hive already since they are not the nicest bees to work and I have no desire to increase from them
I've never united a colony this late in the season so I'm unsure about how the bees will re orientate themselves etc
Thanks
Huw