Comments on: Honey Bee Swarm

By: More Death on the Farm « Urban Hayseed

More Death on the Farm « Urban Hayseed — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:55:54 +0000

[...] So, I took out any frames that looked particularly gruesome, scraped off the nasty bits, and put those aside in the empty (former Adams) box. The rest of the good ones were sorted by cleanliness, honey contents, and activity and replaced into the clean boxes. A week or so later, and they all seem to have settled nicely into their new home. I left the old frames nearby in case they feel the need to go pick up anything they left behind. Eventually, I’ll clean it up and set it aside should we have a recurrence of last year’s swarm party. [...]

By: THE SWARM! (Part 3) and Botrytis

THE SWARM! (Part 3) and Botrytis — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:53:55 +0000

[...] Honey Bee Swarm [...]

By: Rian

Rian — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:07:50 +0000

You OK, there, Amber?

By: amber

amber — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:14:09 +0000

Who knew the end could be so beautiful. It does look like a bright white light.

By: Rian

Rian — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:39:05 +0000

Nope… luckily, they picked the Nature Conservancy neighbor. She’s mostly thinking this means a free beehive for her.

FJ, I am so not brave. I was thinking that this was it… I was rushing into certain death with this deal, but… I couldn’t just leave them there. Someone had to do something, and I couldn’t come up with anyone else.

As for the orchard ladder… yeah, it’s great. I put it off and put it off… but it’s super stable. This was a perfect application. My trees are all getting to the point where anything less was suicidal.

By: Farmer Jen

Farmer Jen — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:27:43 +0000

Wow! You are way braver than I am.

I covet your orchard ladder, by the way.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:23:44 +0000

Is the neighbor that’s “allergic”?