Good Day

[robsdak]

i was out getting ready to mow the front yard and my neighbor comes up and says, hey come look at this, you might know what's going on. he went and was talking about hornets and wasps. we get to the bush in question and low and behold, there was a late season swarm. first thought need to run across town and get a brood box, bottom and a top. while i was gone the neighbor decided to cut my front yard. nice guy. well get back, fix a couple things and went to cut the swarm free and put it in their new home. i am a 1st yr Beek, i have helped catch a few swarms, no big deal. so i went at it, shorts, t-shirt and tenney's. the neighbor and his son watched and were amazed that i didn't get stung the first time. i tried too explain. the bees right now could give two hoots for me or them, they were just looking for a 'new place' too live. since i am the only Beek in the immediate area, they are a swarm off of my current colony. i might ave missed a 'queen cell' in 1 of my look sees. i am hoping it's off of mine, my bees are like little puppies. same swarm, different pictures.

[eagle326]

ALRIGHT !!!
You keep growing those hives my man. Like the way you thought ahead on the spur of the moment and got the gear needed for the new queen. Ever expanding is the name of the game. And honey will be as valuable as gold in S.H.T.F. times.

[robsdak]

thanks. how many .22 rds you think a pint is worth? or a quart?

i guess i could do a thread on beekeeping. well with my limited knowledge of it.

[robsdak]

looks like a successful capture, here's their limb. went out too check on them, opened the lid and they were on the frames. so i removed the limb.

[helomech]

Cool, so you just cut the limb off with all those bees on it? I want to get into bees pretty bad, wife went to a class a few months ago.

Please do a thread on it.

[robsdak]

Cool, so you just cut the limb off with all those bees on it? I want to get into bees pretty bad, wife went to a class a few months ago.

Please do a thread on it.

yep. nothing too it. i wished i had taken better pictures of the whole bush. they were maybe 18 in off the ground and when i was ready to do it, i just took the pruners and trimmed around until i had it clear enough. then i tried to cut the main part and hold the limb, the neighbor helped. he is afraid of them, just bees. i carried them maybe 5 ft and set them in the brood box, waited another 5 min for them to settle down, put the top on and moved the box to the side of the house till morning when i can build a proper stand for them. i have dogs and i keep my other hive up off the ground. bees are easy.

i will do another thread for you guys. w/pictures.

[ladyhk13]

I love bees! Can't wait to be able to start.....ahhhhhhhhhhhh.

[Stormfeather]

nice catch!

[Sniper-T]

what is the relation of bees to wasps and hornets? if there are a plethora of bees around will that discourage the others? Right now I have found two hives, one hornets and one wasps... both about the size of volleyballs.

I am deathly allergic to these bastards, will bees help keep them away, or would it go the other way. I kill off several hives like this each year, and they always come back... will bees help, or will they drive the bees off?

[robsdak]

here the wasps seem to give the bees their space. hornets, i have no clue. i haven't seen any since i was a kid in Indiana or been bothered with them? you might be allergic to honey bees as well.... might want to either have a 'emergency plan' in place and get a full bee suit or not messing with them. maybe get tested for honey bees? the toxins are different between wasps, hornets, bees etc. my friends bees can be nasty at times! last time i went and helped him, i had on my bee jacket and gloves and got stung a total of 17 times. mean little bastards, they are. they are folks who work bees knowing they are allergic, they like bees. just be careful in what you do.