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Offline vvand111

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Re: swarm today
« Reply #20 on: March 24, 2017, 11:46:06 pm »
Yea,

I am headed up to NC to pick of 4 nucs on Sunday.  Hope I will see IDDEE on Tuesday when I pick them up. I will PM him as soon as I nail down schedule. If not I am sure Keith will take care of me.

Wow what an experience today. 

Got sugar water ready and will put that on early.    I am beat. We are cooking down at our pool tomorrow for 125 people.  Never stops

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Re: swarm today
« Reply #21 on: March 25, 2017, 09:31:00 am »
Put a frame of brood in with the swarm this morning.  Added a feeder with sugar water. I shook the limbs several times before tuning in last night. As I shook they walked into hive.  This morning just about 100 bees on one branch that I cut yesterday. I removed them and they went into the hive.

All of that being said there is a baseball size cluster on my ladder on top of the roof.  About 3 feet above where I cut the highest cluster there is another cluster about soccer ball size. I guest if they are still there after todays festivities I will go back up and get them.

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Re: swarm today
« Reply #22 on: March 25, 2017, 09:59:39 am »
Great job.
And Perry said i wasn't afraid of heights.
Thank goodness you had that building to help.