The_Yellow_Ardvark
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One of the Men In Shed members is a Bee keeper, today we found a swarm in out lean to glass house.
Calm as you like, Ken bimbles in, smokes the cluster.
Finds the queen, nudges her into a wicker basket thing. I watch as the colony makes their way to the basket and in 20 minutes the whole swarm is safe in the basket. Give or take a few flying around.
Ken said they are not from this group, but a near by hive looking at and reporting the new incomers. I guess there would of bean a fight between the 2 if Ken Had not collected the swarm.
A quick drive, I was behind the wheel, in a van with a swarm of bees. I was not going to hang around. We went to a Rape seed field were Ken has set up some hives. He sets up a ramp to an empty hive, a quick bang and shake the collective walk their way up the ramp and into their new home.
Inside is a comb of honey already and frames to fill. Then we sat back and watched as they moved in and within an hour you could see the workers going about their business.
Yes.
I did not get strung.
Calm as you like, Ken bimbles in, smokes the cluster.
Finds the queen, nudges her into a wicker basket thing. I watch as the colony makes their way to the basket and in 20 minutes the whole swarm is safe in the basket. Give or take a few flying around.
Ken said they are not from this group, but a near by hive looking at and reporting the new incomers. I guess there would of bean a fight between the 2 if Ken Had not collected the swarm.
A quick drive, I was behind the wheel, in a van with a swarm of bees. I was not going to hang around. We went to a Rape seed field were Ken has set up some hives. He sets up a ramp to an empty hive, a quick bang and shake the collective walk their way up the ramp and into their new home.
Inside is a comb of honey already and frames to fill. Then we sat back and watched as they moved in and within an hour you could see the workers going about their business.
Yes.
I did not get strung.