BEEHIVE TRAP-OUT - Removing Bees from a Tree
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- As far as trap-outs go, this was one of the quickest and most straightforward we have performed.
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READ THE ARTICLE I WROTE ABOUT THE TRAP-OUT PROCESS HERE:
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The tree had only two holes into the cavity where the beehive was located, a small one that was simply blocked with some steel wool and the main hive entry at a comfortable height and a perfect size to attach a trap-out cone.
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In an ideal world, free of Small Hive Beetle, a trap-out can proceed along a predicable biological timeline over about eight weeks. After the last of the brood inside the tree has emerged and left the hive, the trap-out cone can be removed to allow the trapped-out bees to reenter and rob the honey from the abandoned hive.
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In reality, the most predictable outcome is that the severely weakened hive inside the tree becomes overwhelmed by Small Hive Beetle, is slimed-out and the remaining bees abscond. This is what happened during this trap-out meaning the whole process concluded in about three weeks.
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A slime-out is the most likely outcome for any trap-out; another reason I would never recommend performing a trap-out from a building, especially someones home.
I'm just now watching your videos. I enjoy them. Could you make a video explaing how you make the 'spring' clips to secure the top cover?
The zoom in on the bee was cute
Love your work!
Very cool video very interesting
Did the queen move out on its own or do you have to lure it?
I got some bees burrowing in the wall of my house. (We've got a mud walled house, so...) And I want to move them out.
#Edit : Did you buy that readymade hive comb thingy?
I'm unclear on what was in the box. I caught a glimpse of some brood frame from a nuc box with bees and I think I even saw a queen there - is that right? Could you please explain the theory of why you do that? I've only seen other videos of nuc boxes and brood frames but no bees nor existing queen.
MadDavo in this trap-out I used an existing weak colony as the lure (including the queen). A weak colony is very unlikely to oppose foraging bees bringing in resources and the foraging bees are generally just looking for somewhere to offload their nectar or pollen. I’ve use this method successfully several times. Here is a more detailed article I wrote: hinterlandbees.com/the-art-of-the-trapout 👍
So I'm a new bee keeper, wouldn't the queen from this tree colony fight the other queen? Survival of the fittest? I would assume the tree hive would want to kill the queen as well?
From the same way out...can't the 🐝 pass through to get in...just a question please. Thanks for your clarification in advance
They could but they can’t work it out. They try to get back in at the base of the cone because that is where the original entry is. It’s important that the cone is mesh so that the bees can see a smell through it. If it was solid (like a traffic cone) they would easily work it out.
@@HinterlandBees thanks loads sir
Is it success trap or not