Smoke is a beekeepers friend. This was a pretty cold day. The wind was blowing pretty hard. All of the field bees were home. So without the smoke they tended to get kinda nasty. With the smoke I was able to pull the entire colony out of the wall without gloves and without a sting.
If the queen is killed during the cut-out. You can introduce a new queen once you get them all back to the yard. Most of the time the hive will accept her.
Smoke is a beekeepers friend. This was a pretty cold day. The wind was blowing pretty hard. All of the field bees were home. So without the smoke they tended to get kinda nasty. With the smoke I was able to pull the entire colony out of the wall without gloves and without a sting.
If the queen is killed during the cut-out. You can introduce a new queen once you get them all back to the yard. Most of the time the hive will accept her.
nice work
Why so much smoke? That was enough to choke a horse. lol Good job. -james