Category Archives: Feral Bees

Hanging of Swarm Traps

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Jason

I realized recently that I hadn’t scheduled How I Hang a Swarm Trap for publishing yet.  If you are interested take a look at it and get some traps out there. A lot of beekeepers think that the swarm season … Continue reading →

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First Hit of the Year.

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Jason

Today is Friday, but the best day of this week clearly was Wednesday!!!  The post about  dead bees was a bummer so I was in search of good news.  Being out and about, I decided to check some swarm traps.  … Continue reading →

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The inner-workings of my Trap Out Box (TOB)

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Jason

With everything that has been going on I haven’t had a chance to show how this TOB is going to work.  I took some pictures back on 4/30 and I will show you now. The TOB is basically just an … Continue reading →

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Tuesday’s Trap Out Progress

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Jason

I finally got up to the firehouse today to get the trap out box hooked up.  It required a lot of equipment, but the process went smoothly.  I first set up a walking board using two ladders.  I strapped the … Continue reading →

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Trap-Out Day 1 4/29/12

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Jason

Yesterday I started the process of trapping the bees out of the firehouse.  I went to a friends wood-shop and after a couple of hours produced  something similar to what Cleo Hogan from beesource.com has been using. After all of … Continue reading →

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Firehouse Bees

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Jason

I got a message Wednesday night that there were bees invading one of our area volunteer fire departments.  I had known about these bees, but was waiting until later this summer once things had settled down to do a trap … Continue reading →

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Trapping Update

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Jason

Currently 23 traps have been deployed and as far as I know there have been no takers.  Given the recent shift in the weather I am actually a little glad.  Up until last Friday weather had been unseasonably warm for … Continue reading →

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Loading Swarm Traps

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Jason

Now that I finally have some Swarm Trap Plans posted it is time to think about the next step.  The traps need to be loaded prior to deployment. The directions for How I Load Swarm Traps can be found under How To… in the … Continue reading →

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New method of hanging traps

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Jason

I have found a new way to hang many of  my traps.  Instead of driving nails into trees, I began using light duty chain and S-hooks.  It started when my Dad did not want me putting nails into his trees.  … Continue reading →

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We’ve got Drones!!!!

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Jason

Finally at long last drones are buzzing loudly around my house and hives!!!!  Last Friday (the 13th) after getting home from work I observed them.   It won’t be long before swarming will start around here. A bunch of traps … Continue reading →

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