Hello my friend. A suggestion for you. Since you have all white brood boxes, and have your hives so close to one another, trying adding a different design onto the face of each of them They will help the bees find their own home and prevent wondering, which often spreads disease.
Thank you! They had built huge combs of brood with pollen, and honey. Problem was, they built it on the bottom of the frames and only pulled a little comb on the frames. I did a successful cutout and the bees are now happy in their hive. Do you have any suggestions for avoiding having the bees build comb on the bottom of the frames? The frames were not perfectly strait in the Swarm Trap, and I did have a cotton swab with lemon grass in a plastic bag in the bottom. These are the only contributing factors I could think of. Thoughts? I'm in Central Florida on the East Coast. All 9 Traps are out again, and hopefully attracting some bees with more architectural consideration for me.
good stuff mate great to see your catching a few.. 3 months left till I can get my traps back out. just came into winter here in Australia.. keep the videos coming
Thank you for the suggestion of looking for full pollen sacks when evaluating the catch. I noticed on a previous video that the bees built wonky comb on the side of the trap. Do you remember the orientation of the trap? I had my 8 frame hives facing east and had the same issue on the south side. I have all my hives now oriented so that the frames are N-S. I do believe that the bees are affected by the magnetic energy lines. When I set out my traps this year I'm going to use a compass to check the orientation and orient them to N-S. It will be interesting to see the results. Last year (2020) I caught 3 swarms. Like you swarm 1 & 3 were caught on the same tree. Both swarm traps were N-S frame oriented. My other 4 traps were E-W oriented.
That comb doesn't have to go to waist. You can easily use rubber bands or string to wrap and attach the comb to a new frame. I sometimes even use a torch and melt the wax on 1 side of the comb and attach it to a new frame by letting the melted wax harden
Hello my friend. A suggestion for you. Since you have all white brood boxes, and have your hives so close to one another, trying adding a different design onto the face of each of them They will help the bees find their own home and prevent wondering, which often spreads disease.
That was awesome!
Hi there, just wondering if you have to cut comb of the bottom, why use a trap that is deeper than the hive they are going to? God bless you!
Was it undrawn foundation in the swarm box when you hung it on the tree?
Just caught a nice swarm today in some traps I made from your video. Thank you! Keep the videos coming.
Ian Ritter - way to go!! Congrats on the swarm catch and keep me posted on the rest of your season!
Thank you! They had built huge combs of brood with pollen, and honey. Problem was, they built it on the bottom of the frames and only pulled a little comb on the frames. I did a successful cutout and the bees are now happy in their hive. Do you have any suggestions for avoiding having the bees build comb on the bottom of the frames? The frames were not perfectly strait in the Swarm Trap, and I did have a cotton swab with lemon grass in a plastic bag in the bottom. These are the only contributing factors I could think of. Thoughts? I'm in Central Florida on the East Coast. All 9 Traps are out again, and hopefully attracting some bees with more architectural consideration for me.
good stuff mate great to see your catching a few.. 3 months left till I can get my traps back out. just came into winter here in Australia.. keep the videos coming
Thank you for the suggestion of looking for full pollen sacks when evaluating the catch.
I noticed on a previous video that the bees built wonky comb on the side of the trap. Do you remember the orientation of the trap? I had my 8 frame hives facing east and had the same issue on the south side. I have all my hives now oriented so that the frames are N-S. I do believe that the bees are affected by the magnetic energy lines. When I set out my traps this year I'm going to use a compass to check the orientation and orient them to N-S. It will be interesting to see the results. Last year (2020) I caught 3 swarms. Like you swarm 1 & 3 were caught on the same tree. Both swarm traps were N-S frame oriented. My other 4 traps were E-W oriented.
3:20 Your smoker man! It's like a chimney! what did you put inside?
Was there a queen? And do you mark your queen?
Might want to think about having some Layens hives and put Layens frames in your swarm traps. Might fit better!
In Episode 7 you were listing out which way each trap was facing. Which way seemed to work best? Did you post that info somewhere else?
That comb doesn't have to go to waist.
You can easily use rubber bands or string to wrap and attach the comb to a new frame.
I sometimes even use a torch and melt the wax on 1 side of the comb and attach it to a new frame by letting the melted wax harden
subbed, lol in my pants :)
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