Re: bee question
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- Subject: Re: bee question
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- Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 08:09:52 EDT
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In a message dated 4/6/99 12:09:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
Meconella@aol.com writes:
> You say you can entice them into a 'home of your preference'. How do you
do
> that?
I sometimes place bait hives out if I think they might attract swarms.
One year, before the populations crashed, I caught almost 100 swarms. Most of
them were wild swarms, off the Pee Dee River swamp (lots of hollow trees).
Today I catch a half dozen or so, each year, and that only near kept bees.
Parasitic mites have come in, and most of the forests have been logged.,
removing the hollow trees.
I use a normal hive, with at least a frame of old comb. The rest of the
frames can be foundation (sheets of wax impressed with the pattern of comb).
The odor of the old comb is quite attractive to bees.
If they are placed high (at least 6' up) they are much more attractive. If
a swarm moves in, you've got the hive in a manageable hive, rather than in an
unmanageable house wall, or hollow tree.
Pollinator@aol.com Dave Green Hemingway, SC USA
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