Picked up a little swarm in Horsham tonight. It was high up in an apple tree so I use the bee vac. Took them home and put them into the green and white Nuc. Lets hope they stay there. On this occasion I used the bee vac as a vessel and didn’t allow the bees … Read more
OK so I, like every beekeeper have a storage space full of stuff. I had left a nuc there without a sealed front and noticed that there were a few bees in it. Clearly an early swarm had found my stuff and moved in. Interestingly it wasn’t one of mine. I was up for a … Read more
So I got a call on the BeeSwarm website for a swarm in my postcode. I took the kids out to see it as it was a weekend and there it was nice and calm on the fence. This should have been an easy catch. I had both the kids with me so loads of … Read more
OK so this one has proved to be a lot of fun and is a long and drawn out story. I had a call about a swarm of bees in n apple tree in Horsham. This was going to be fun! The swarm had entered and gone up deep into the tree so that my … Read more
Lovely ball of bees in the bush. Was very quiet so put as many as I could into the nuc box and sat back and waited. They were really chilled and docile. I had Ellie with me, once again who was fearless!!! Bees had come from a very well established colony in the wall nearby … Read more
Another one this year. Lovely bunch of bees in the apple tree of a local house. Message came through on the BeeSwarm website. Fairly easy collection dropped the mass into the box and placed on the sheet then watched them all march up into the box. Update: The bees have survived the winter. Quite a … Read more
Lovely swarm in the field need me… I recognize the hives behind at the back of the picture!!! Damn I must have missed the Queen cell!! I guess every day is a school day. This one likely came out of Red / White poly Hive. Settled and happy in their new home in the Purple … Read more
So I got called to a swarm that had disappeared so kept the feelers out for the landing zone and then got called by the new swarm owner who had them land on his roof. Really tricky removal without a proper sized ladder. Nice excuse, however, to use the bee vac. Reaching into the gutters … Read more
Some swarms are easy to collect and can be done simply with a white sheet, a bucket, and a nuc hive whilst others require a bit more effort. My main piece of kit is a multi-functional box swarm box. This box is set up to take the Langstroth frames that fit into the normal hive … Read more
