Worldwide Beekeeping
Beekeeping => General Beekeeping => Topic started by: rober on April 20, 2017, 07:30:21 pm
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3 swarm calls, 2 cutouts, & a trapout. I've quit doing trapouts unless they are less than a mile away & do not require a ladder.
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Sounds like it! I quit doing cutouts. Too hot and too long for the reward that can easily be acquired by a swarm shake. Trap outs wear ya out too. Plus, taking a frame of eggs from my hives for bait just seems to mess thins up.
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Calls here too and I totally quit doing cutouts to my South and even hesitant on swarms. Seems smarter here in AZ to do splits or purchase packages after my last experience with AHB. :yes:
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Experience makes us all just a little bit smarter. :D
I hand off almost all trap-outs and cut-outs now as well, but will go for a swarm if it is reasonably close.
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Is that if you can stand on your truck to get them, Perry :P
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did two cut outs already, swarms had just moved in maybe a week.
I start at $300 and go up from there, well did both of these for free.
Was easy enough to get and did not put anything back. OH well!!
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Is that if you can stand on your truck to get them, Perry :P
The truck is fair game, just a much more stable ladder as far as I'm concerned. I've stood on the roof to catch a couple. :D
G3, I don't know what it is about folks up here but you wouldn't find many willing to pay that much to save bees. If I was to guess I'd say $200 tops for most folks, and that's why I hand most of them off now.