{"id":1065,"date":"2013-03-31T11:07:46","date_gmt":"2013-03-31T16:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rex.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/?p=479"},"modified":"2013-03-31T11:07:46","modified_gmt":"2013-03-31T16:07:46","slug":"swarm-season-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/?p=1065","title":{"rendered":"Swarm season is here"},"content":{"rendered":"

As nighttime temperatures rise above 50 deg. F. for several days straight – the bees are able to start producing wax.\u00a0 This generally coincides with some of the nectar flow in plants starting – and a big buildup of brood in the hive.<\/p>\n

I received a call yesterday a.m. about a swarm that had been in a tree at a local Jalapeno Tree restaurant (about 10-15 miles away). The swarm had been in the tree since the day before, and the regional manager was afraid of customers being stung – they had tried getting someone through a local beekeeping club – but no response… I was there within the hour – knowing full well that if he called me at 11:30am on a calm, sunny day – that they could very well disappear before I got there.<\/p>\n

Sure enough – as I pulled into the parking lot – my daughter calls out “I see them!”. I’m looking for the ball in a tree – but then she says – “They’re flying!”. Sure enough – a tornado whirlwind of bees is rising from the tree.. and I’m not even out of my car, yet.<\/p>\n

I sent Amber around to the other side of the building to see if they were visible – and she indicated that the swarm had moved to the top of the other side of the building. The restaurant manager gave me access to the roof-ladders on the back of the building – and I made the climb – up 3 ladder\/roof levels with the swarm box. At the top – they were flying, still. As I set the box down onto an a\/c unit – the bees were already landing on and entering the box. It was an amazing sight!<\/p>\n

I don’t recall ever having such an EASY swarm catch. This was a BIG swarm. They completely filled the 5-frame nuc. and overflowed it at first – as they were getting their bearings.<\/p>\n

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I returned later in the day, and screened the entrance shut, and lowered the nuc with a rope to the ground – and moved them to a nearby out-yard – where I went ahead and moved them to a full 10-frame Langstroth.\"Image6\"<\/a>\"Image5\"<\/a>\"Image9\"<\/a>\"Image10\"<\/a>\"Image11\"<\/a>\"Image12\"<\/a><\/p>\n

For those curious as to what I have in my swarm trap… I used 3-frames of drawn old-comb, 2 empty (foundationless) frames, and 2-3 drops of lemongrass oil under the lid of the box.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As nighttime temperatures rise above 50 deg. F. for several days straight – the bees are able to start producing wax. This generally coincides with some of the nectar flow in plants starting – and a big buildup of brood in the hive.<\/p>\n

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