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Re: How to handle a bee swarm
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05/22/19 07:23 AM
05/22/19 07:23 AM
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TreedaBlackdog
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You could just make your own split if you have a healthy hive. Take a deep frame out with brood less than 3 days old - be sure queen is not on that frame. Place in your other deep box away from your parent hive. Pull a few more support frames of pollen/nectar and nurse bees and place them next to the frame with young eggs/brood. Again make sure you don't transfer the queen. Check your hive you created in 3-4 days. The bees should have pulled out a queen cell from the brood under 3 days old and are making a new replacement queen. Capped queen cell should occur a few more days. Virgin queen should emerge in a few more days - scamper around and take mating flights. 27-30 days after you split you should see new eggs in your hive you made with your newly laying queen. If at 32-33 days you see no new eggs - you will need to combine back to parent hive.
If you have queen cells in your existing hive - pull that frame minus the queen again and you just speed up the process.
Or, yes you can catch swarms - just place your bait hive out and there is a slight chance a hive will come in - lemongrass oil is a good attractant and old brood comb.
Last edited by TreedaBlackdog; 05/22/19 07:24 AM.
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