{"id":1042,"date":"2012-05-10T23:14:37","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T04:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rex.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/?p=244"},"modified":"2012-05-10T23:14:37","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T04:14:37","slug":"swarm-capture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/?p=1042","title":{"rendered":"Swarm Capture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I received a message from a friend today about a swarm that had taken up a temporary home in a tree in her back yard.\u00a0 I loaded up the extension ladder, and high-tailed it to her home before it got too late in the evening, and evaluated what we had going on&#8230;\u00a0 It looked to be about 2-3 pounds of bees firmly holding on to a thick branch.. about 18-20 feet in the air.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Dscn0727_sm1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"05-10-2012 Swarm\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Dscn0727_sm1-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 I tried shaking the branch &#8211; but it was too thick to get a good movement of the bees, then I tied a rope to the branch &#8211; to shake from the ground.\u00a0 Again &#8211; No luck.\u00a0 Back up into the tree I went (with a ladder this time), and decided it was time to scoop the bees by hand.\u00a0 This seemed to work.\u00a0 I got about 75% of the bees into the box.\u00a0 It&#8217;s unknown, though as to whether I got the queen into the box &#8211; they were clustered pretty tightly.<\/p>\n<p>It was dusk, so I decided to leave the box until I can make it back to check on them.\u00a0 It may be a few days &#8211; so hopefully, they decide that my nuc-box is a great place to live.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll find out then whether or not the queen has decided to take up residence in the box.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Rex_TaraK_Tree1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-242\" title=\"Rex In Tree for Swarm Capture 5-10-2012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Rex_TaraK_Tree1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>On a similar note.\u00a0 I have received 4 honeybee-related calls in the first 4 days of this week.\u00a0 My hopes are that feral survivor honeybees are on the increase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I received a message from a friend today about a swarm that had taken up a temporary home in a tree in her back yard. 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