http://www.littleluceyfarm.com/honeybees/index.php/2015/05/swarm-again/ Trying to get a handle on these amazing creatures Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.35 http://www.littleluceyfarm.com/honeybees/index.php/2015/05/swarm-again/#comment-58 Mon, 11 May 2015 00:59:31 +0000 http://www.littleluceyfarm.com/honeybees/?p=649#comment-58 Kristien, would you like to drop by the house tomorrow around 11 and see if they are swarming? If so I’ll come home and we can collect them.

]]> http://www.littleluceyfarm.com/honeybees/index.php/2015/05/swarm-again/#comment-57 Sun, 10 May 2015 23:58:21 +0000 http://www.littleluceyfarm.com/honeybees/?p=649#comment-57 I have seen those old fashioned skep keepers who sit and wait for the swarm to emerge and then put up a swarm bag to catch it. I’d love to try that but there are several obstacles. First, I need to construct a swarm bag. I think there are particular dimensions. Second, I’d have to be available to sit and watch the hive. But I actually have to work! I keep thinking that a queen is going to emerge any minute. If I were to sit and wait I’d’ve been waiting for 4 days now!

]]> http://www.littleluceyfarm.com/honeybees/index.php/2015/05/swarm-again/#comment-56 Sun, 10 May 2015 23:51:20 +0000 http://www.littleluceyfarm.com/honeybees/?p=649#comment-56 Yes, the hive may cast off a number of after swarms. I have some interesting video from the 50s about skip beekeeping in Germany. Two episodes deal with primary and secondary swarming. I tried posting the videos, but they are too big and I have not found a way to compress them further. Any ideas Tod??? The video also shows a method of catching the swarm before the fly off. Exciting Liz.

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