One wonders how the technique of capturing queen bees and moving hives ever developed in the first place. Trial and error?
On Tue, May 21, 2019, 5:16 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > If you’re moving bees you use what’s called a “package”, which is nothing > more than a box with open sides and screen over the openings. You put a > feeding can in the box with sugar syrup so the bees have something to eat > while in transport. A queen and some of the workers are put in a little > wooden box with one side open that’s screened so the hive can see and smell > her but not get to her. > > These are usually the means by which you get bees to a new hive. The queen > is kept separate because the bees in the package are not typically related > to her. > > A “nuc” is a beehive with several frames in it that are already > established and have a laying queen that’s related to the bees in the hive. > The advantage to using a nuc is that it’s effectively an established hive. > Once things are going well in the nuc you can move the frames and queen to > a full sized hive. > > Remember, bees build a colony, so relationship with the queen is > important. If the queen is unrelated it can take a while (a couple of > weeks, usually) for the bees to associate with her and for her to start > laying eggs. > > I kept bees in Indiana on a small scale on the property of one of my > business partners. It was a lot of fun and pretty cool. > > -D > > > > > > On May 21, 2019, at 4:52 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Yeah I’m leaving it to this guy, he seemed to know his stuff. He said > the ones around here are generally docile but if they worked up and one > stings you that one releases a pheromone that sets others off then it’s > time to run. He said a bunch of them chased him once, he had to run about > 100yd and jump in the creek to get away from them. I’m gonna watch from a > distance. > > > > Interesting technique, he’ll try to find the queen and a coupla workers > and put them in a little cage then in something he called a “nuke” that > will draw the others, then he’ll move them to a real hive then take them > away. It might take a few days for it all to work out. > > > > --R > > Sent from iPhone > > > >> On May 21, 2019, at 3:56 PM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Use great care around bees. Almost all bee colony's are now invaded with > >> Africanized bees, well known as "killer bees". They are VERY aggressive > >> when messed with, and quite aggressive when not messed with. > >> > >> From personal experience I can tell you their stings are WAY more toxic > >> than "regular bees". I had a colony set up shop at the Ranch that was so > >> aggressive they pursued me for over a mile across the ranch before I got > >> away from them. Called in some pro bee guys and even with the big bee > suits > >> THEY got stung a bunch. > >> > >> > >> On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 12:44 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >>> The little country church my mom went to, when she was young, had honey > >>> bees in the roof/eaves between the rafters. When it got hot in the > >>> summer, a new pastor came to the church, and it got so hot the honey > ran > >>> down into the sanctuary. > >>> > >>> So the new preach gets up, introduces himself, notes the running honey, > >>> and says "Now I KNOW I am in the land of flowing milk and honey!" > >>> > >>> True story! > >>> > >>> Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote on 5/21/19 2:35 PM: > >>>> Yesterday I noticed a bunch of bees buzzing around, looked up and see > >>>> a whole mess of them, honeybees, at an opening at the end of an eave, > >>>> which was on my roundtuit list... I posted my dilemma on a coupla of > >>>> our local FB groups, and a guy from up the road jumped on the > >>>> opportunity to come get them. He came by a while ago and is all > >>>> excited, figures there is a big hive in there. 3 or 4 other guys > >>>> responded too but this one was the first. He's gonna come start > >>>> getting them organize on Thursday, see how much they have going on up > >>>> in the eave. I guess I'm gonna get some (very) local honey! > >>>> > >>>> This guy has 13 hives and is looking to buy 30 more from some old > >>>> dude's estate. Says that guy had a whole bunch of different kinds of > >>>> bees from other parts of the world. > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
