Honey Bee Swarms
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Talkin bees today at Jacobsburg State Park to a group (100+ and counting) of elementary students and their parents. Great engagement and thoughtful questions by the group.
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Sometimes, bee swarms or existing colonies are in a location that is very difficult to access. It’s then that a bee vacuum comes in handy. The adaptation model that I built makes it easier to delicately collect the bees while placing them in a spacious hive box. (from “Build a Bee Vacuum”, Mother Earth News, Read more
Using a shotgun to retrieve a swarm. Not recommended, but effective.
“Beez in the trap…be-beez in the trap”…. Sometimes the swarms come to you. I keep the “bait trap” set up throughout the season and it never fails to attract a passing swarm, looking for a new home site.
High swarm! Note the great number of bees “peppered” in the airspace near the landed swarm.
a paper wasp nest….taken down AFTER a hard frost!
