Thursday, April 30, 2009

Update on the Swarm Catch

I have been checking on the swarm that I caught using the bee pheromone and the hive is growing nicely. I added three more frames of foundation to the nuc hive the other day and all looks ok. I am going to leave the nuc hive at its original location until the hive is stronger and I will then transfer to a full size Langstroth. I opened my other hives today and for some reason the bees are not moving above the queen excluder below the new supers that I placed this year. I have heard others have had this problem also so I removed the queen excluders. The bees appear to be increasing in numbers. My Dad called me today and he has caught another swarm for me. I think I will place this hive in my father-in-law's garden. The hive beetles are definitly under control with the traps. Excellent move installing the beetle traps.
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3 comments:

  1. LynnMay 2, 2009 at 6:21 AM

    Glad I found your blog. I'm enjoying you concise, infomative writing. Also, thanks for joining Walter Bee. I'm more of a gardener than beekeeper, but I'm getting my second colony the first of the week, so the beekeeping venture is expanding. I also have some shitake logs.

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  2. PaulMay 7, 2009 at 10:02 PM

    I am so glad you joined my blog. You are the second one to join and the first to leave a comment. I am also glad that I joined your blog. My wife says that no one is interested in my activities in the back yard but now I have proof that someone out there actually finds pleasure in doing this stuff and writing to tell about it besides me. Anyway, you just made my day.

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