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Category Archives: Swarm Trapping
Note on storing traps
Don’t store traps all winter in a location as pictured in the previous post. The traps were all lined up on the concrete floor with big cracks in it. Termites were in several of the boxes after only being there … Continue reading
Survival Podcast Interview
Last week I was interviewed by Jack Spirko at The Survival Podcast. When the interview was over my head was spinning and I am not confident I communicated everything as clearly as I should have. It probably didn’t sound like … Continue reading
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Where Bees are…….
I have been trying to think about ways that new beekeepers can find locations to set swarm traps. I remember being new to this and how alien it all seemed that first year. Beekeeping was hard to “get into”. So … Continue reading
Posted in Feral Bees, HowTo, Posts, Swarm Trapping, What's going on..
Tagged bait hive, bee, beekeeping, feral bees, feral hives, Indiana beekepeing, swarm trap, swarm trapping
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Trap 27 is IN……
Last weekend I finally got Trap 27 IN!!! It had been loaned to another beekeeper and was in their vehicle for the last several weeks. All traps are now accounted for and once #27 is cleaned up, trap work for … Continue reading
Posted in HowTo, Posts, Swarm Trapping, What's going on..
Tagged bait hive, beekeeping, feral bees, Indiana Beekeeping, Jason Bruns, swarm trap, swarm trapping
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OCD Squirrels
As you have noticed I haven’t been posting as much as last year. I have had a lot going on in the personal life and posting has slid A LOT. I knew early in the year that time was going … Continue reading
Posted in Feral Bees, HowTo, Posts, Swarm Trapping
Tagged bait hive, beekeeping, Indiana Beekeeping, swarm trap, swarm trapping, treatment free beekeeping
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Leave those traps out there…..
It’s July the 1st. Where has 2013 gone? I have done an extremely poor job keeping you up to date with the goings on around here. Swarming was muted a little in May due to cooler than normal temperatures and … Continue reading
Where your bees come from matters
This year overwintered colonies seem to reaffirm conclusions that I have suspected for a long period of time. Not all bees are created equal! This is two colonies from feral stock Easter weekend 2013. 1005 (Left) is one from 2010 … Continue reading
Time to take down the traps
We are at the end of the swarm trapping season. Before leaving for vacation I retrieved several traps. As with all things in beekeeping I learned some things in the process and I will be sharing them with you. Many … Continue reading
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Tagged bait hive, beekeeping, Indiana beekepeing, Jason Bruns, swarm trap, swarm trapping
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Right under my nose.
Last Friday we got some rain finally. Not much, but we will take anything we can get at this point. I was pretty sure it would cause at least a limited amount of swarming activity. Well, I was right, but … Continue reading
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Tagged bait hive, bee, bee tree, beekeeping, feral bees, Indiana beekepeing, Jason Bruns, Swarm, swarm trap
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Trap #25 becomes 1211
Previously I had written about Trap #25 having no eggs or larvae in it (see Queenless Trap). I had close to a 100 mile round trip in trap retrieval, that queen needed to be there. Anita from Beverly Bees optimistically left … Continue reading
Posted in Hive Reports, Swarm Trapping, Uncategorized
Tagged bee, beekeeping, Indiana beekepeing, Jason Bruns
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