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Another trap out under way. #4520034 06/14/14 03:33 PM 06/14/14 03:33 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Georgia warrior OP trapper
warrior OP trapper Joined: Jan 2007 Georgia	This one is day two, set up Thursday afternoon, and still has large numbers exiting. The mass on the walls are trying to get back in. They can't and should transfer nicely to the bait hive nuc. The colony inside is a recently moved in swarm that should have no more than a few pounds of comb and very little honey as we are past the main flow. This combined with location made them an excellent candidate for a trap out. The entry point is the bathroom fart fan. Installing the one way was as easy as they come. Slap a piece of plywood with a one inch hole drilled dead center over the vent hole, secure with tapcons. Over the one inch hole, new entrance, install a porter bee escape. Simple, quick and efficient.

Re: Another trap out under way. [Re: warrior] #4521463 06/15/14 09:33 PM 06/15/14 09:33 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 New York P ponyboy trapper
ponyboy trapper P Joined: Aug 2011 New York	Nice post.

Re: Another trap out under way. [Re: warrior] #4521585 06/15/14 10:55 PM 06/15/14 10:55 PM
Joined: Feb 2010 P Pesky trapper
Pesky trapper P Joined: Feb 2010	Thanks for posting

Re: Another trap out under way. [Re: warrior] #4521867 06/16/14 09:55 AM 06/16/14 09:55 AM
Joined: Aug 2012 Central Ohio Dirk Shearer trapper
Dirk Shearer trapper Joined: Aug 2012 Central Ohio	I am jealous!!! I haven't had the chance to do much bee work this year. I am usually at about 8-10 swarms and a cut out/trap out by this time of year. I have only had two swarm calls, both of which were gone when I got there. One is in a house that is considering me taking them out. The other I followed to a big old silver maple that will be a pain to trap out, but I am considering doing it for the experience. Wouldn't you know it, after several years of catching swarms and giving them to local beekeepers, I decided to start keeping bees again. And now I can't even get a dang swarm!!! Dirk E. Shearer, President The Wildlife Control Company, Inc. "Cause if you won't put your real name on it, you probably shouldn't hit send"

Re: Another trap out under way. [Re: warrior] #4522087 06/16/14 01:59 PM 06/16/14 01:59 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Lower Alabama (Daleville) L LAtrapper "Professor"
LAtrapper "Professor" L Joined: Dec 2006 Lower Alabama (Daleville)	Warrior presented a good tutorial at http://www.trapperman.com/forum/ubbthrea...tep#Post3180590 . Note to self- Engage brain before opening mouth (or hitting the ENTER key/SUBMIT button). Ron Fry

Re: Another trap out under way. [Re: warrior] #4523179 06/17/14 07:56 AM 06/17/14 07:56 AM
Joined: Aug 2012 Central Ohio Dirk Shearer trapper
Dirk Shearer trapper Joined: Aug 2012 Central Ohio	A nice big swarm 16Jun14. Finally I get some bees (and a decent check for removal). Dirk E. Shearer, President The Wildlife Control Company, Inc. "Cause if you won't put your real name on it, you probably shouldn't hit send"

Re: Another trap out under way. [Re: warrior] #4523295 06/17/14 09:48 AM 06/17/14 09:48 AM
Joined: Jan 2007 Georgia warrior OP trapper
warrior OP trapper Joined: Jan 2007 Georgia	Nice big swarm. I hate it when they plaster themselves to a wall like that.

Re: Another trap out under way. [Re: warrior] #4525215 06/18/14 03:21 PM 06/18/14 03:21 PM
Joined: Nov 2013 Nelson Co., KY S Sharpbees trapper
Sharpbees trapper S Joined: Nov 2013 Nelson Co., KY	I just finished up a removal 30' up in the soffit work of an 1800's Tudor home. It had been there continuously for the last 13 years. Of all God's creatures, only the honeybee improves the environment and preys on no other species.

Re: Another trap out under way. [Re: warrior] #4525310 06/18/14 04:40 PM 06/18/14 04:40 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Georgia warrior OP trapper
warrior OP trapper Joined: Jan 2007 Georgia	Those are the bees you want, survivors.

Re: Another trap out under way. [Re: warrior] #4525491 06/18/14 07:34 PM 06/18/14 07:34 PM
Joined: Aug 2012 Central Ohio Dirk Shearer trapper
Dirk Shearer trapper Joined: Aug 2012 Central Ohio	13 years continuous is amazing!!! Send me a couple of queens from that hive!!!!! Dirk E. Shearer, President The Wildlife Control Company, Inc. "Cause if you won't put your real name on it, you probably shouldn't hit send"

Re: Another trap out under way. [Re: warrior] #4526775 06/19/14 08:02 PM 06/19/14 08:02 PM
Joined: Nov 2013 Nelson Co., KY S Sharpbees trapper
Sharpbees trapper S Joined: Nov 2013 Nelson Co., KY	Most of my hives are headed by queens from stock like this. One of my first criteria for keeping a cutout is that it has to have been there continuously for 5 or more years. Those are what I raise my queens from after I have had them in my yards for a couple of years to see how they do. Of all God's creatures, only the honeybee improves the environment and preys on no other species.

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