TBH Bee Keepers

[Biggs]

What are these bees doing? Committed to moving in? Or already moved in?
What is the next step to getting them to supers?

https://youtube.com/shorts/BYUn6s4eBng?feature=share

[Biggs]

Pretty sure the swarm moved in a week ago. I’m going to transfer them to a full deep in the morning.

Dad told me they have several swarms come through their property each year so I’m going to set some swarm traps out there too.

[sharkhunter]

What are these bees doing? Committed to moving in? Or already moved in?
What is the next step to getting them to supers?

https://youtube.com/shorts/BYUn6s4eBng?feature=share

A sure way to tell is to watch them and see if any bees are coming in with pollen on their legs. If so you got them ! I left a swarm in the box for three weeks then moved them to a 10frame deep.

[lovemylegacy]

Good stuff.

[Biggs]

Does anyone make their own hive boxes or swarm traps? Or suck it up and buy deep setups from Amazon

[Witchgrass]

Does anyone make their own hive boxes or swarm traps? Or suck it up and buy deep setups from Amazon

Make your own.

[rjtkdplus]

Does anyone make their own hive boxes or swarm traps? Or suck it up and buy deep setups from Amazon

I have made my own in the past. For the time it takes me, I’m better off buying them. I usually get the unassembled ones from Mannlake.

[johnpaul]

Thought this was a pretty wild picture. Shipping bees to the Midwest right now. Hives are booming and when we stockpile bees in a different yard to load then where they had been they will sometimes get confused or more often probably just lazy and pile up on a certain hive, in this case an entire pallet. Also doesn’t help that it’s 100 degrees with 100% humidity… ..

[lovemylegacy]

Anymore updates on the Flowhive?

It appears I am not gonna get any honey this year. Very little honey production in all of my hives. I do not understand whats up with that....lots of blooming this year.

Presently, they are putting nectar in the Flowhive. I just installed another one back in May, they are putting wax on it now. Maybe I will get some honey late....don't know.

[lovemylegacy]

Thought this was a pretty wild picture. Shipping bees to the Midwest right now. Hives are booming and when we stockpile bees in a different yard to load then where they had been they will sometimes get confused or more often probably just lazy and pile up on a certain hive, in this case an entire pallet. Also doesn’t help that it’s 100 degrees with 100% humidity… ..

That is impressive

[Biggs]

Got a call to remove a swarm. But there were not any bees to be found.

[Ferg]

late season swarm picked up today

[wfontjr]

I make a swarm trap out of solid pine, available in crockett Texas for $40.

[Biggs]

I just did my first wild hive harvest. A water meter box. It went NOTHING like what YouTube said it would go like. I’m pretty sure I got the queen but pretty sure I left half the hive behind. It started raining right after I broke into it. Comb was soft and full of honey. It was super messy. My rubber bands didn’t fit my frames. My dumb self brought a medium box and frames cause I didn’t have any deeps available. I will be getting more deeps. That sucked. But I didn’t get stung!

[lovemylegacy]

I just did my first wild hive harvest. A water meter box. It went NOTHING like what YouTube said it would go like. I’m pretty sure I got the queen but pretty sure I left half the hive behind. It started raining right after I broke into it. Comb was soft and full of honey. It was super messy. My rubber bands didn’t fit my frames. My dumb self brought a medium box and frames cause I didn’t have any deeps available. I will be getting more deeps. That sucked. But I didn’t get stung!

Awesome! You learning....that's good