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I have yet to receive any swarm in northern High Point.

Same here. You are probably correct on SOON!

Keep me posted, if you don't mind. Thinking about giving this a try. like you I'm not particularly keen on extracting honey from brood frames.

Still thinking of giving this a try this year? If so, when do you plan to start the method this year?


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Mostly, just curious.

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Yup. I found one in my front yard yesterday, June 15th.

What is the cost of the motorized upgrade?

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That is what I heard too. Was wondering if that was the case for a laying worker too. I put a 5 frame nuc into a Queenless colony and that worked well.

I experienced something that Bob Bennie talked about in one of his videos, this year. That, even during the honey flow, if they are trapped in, because of something like the 4 days of rain about 4 weeks ago, they will start a swarming process. If you don't check your hive after the rain event for sw...

Are we headed into the derth already? My bees, as a whole, are more defensive than they had been. I get the washboarding during the overcast days, but still. . .

I have a definite laying worker hive. If I put a new virgin queen in the hive, will they kill her?

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I run 9 frames in a 10 frame box for getting honey. They draw the wax out thicker than the frame, making removal with a knife easy and helps to balance out the extractor. What process do you use to get the honey from the wax cappings, as there is a good bit of honey in the cappings?

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I received a call from my wife informing me the we have a couple of swarms needing a home. I didn't realize the were both in the same bush. While getting things ready for them, I received another call from the guy that keep an eye on my hives in Jamestown. The 2nd and 3rd pictures are of those swarm...

Thanks for the Magic number, Wally. I thought someone told me it was above 70° that they would swarm.

May you have a great weekend!

I really thought I was on top of things, then I found this today between two sets of hives. When I saw then, it was about 3:30 in the afternoon and the temp was 57°. I didn't know/realize they would swarm in this cool of temperature.

Seems like you are the person to call for 4lbs. swarms!

Stopped by my outyard, in Jamestown, after dropping a couple of hives off at a co-worker's place only to find a swarm had moved into my bait box sitting a grape vine. I don't know when they moved in, or its size, but they were bringing in pollen.

It was supposed to get to 72° today, so I was a little concerned that there might be some swarming today. I came home at lunch and noticed bunch of bees going in and out of a 3 stack of nuc bodies on a bottom board. After going through the swarm, I did see the Queen. She is not one of mine, as she w...

Anyone know what is involved with removing an small Bumblebee nest?

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