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Swarm Traps – baiting and staging
All but 6 traps have been baited and staged, out of the way. You might be wondering, “why so early?” Bees won’t be swarming yet in Indiana. To that I’d say, you are right, but there are TWO good reasons to … Continue reading
Posted in Methods, Scouting, Swarm Trapping, Uncategorized, What's going on..
Tagged bait hive, Indiana Beekeeping, swarm trap, Treatment-free
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Non-Targeted Species – ants in Trap01
Over the years I have had several e-mails about a number of non-targeted species taking up residence in swarm traps. I have been really lucky, as I don’t generally have problems with this. That being said, I had something happen this year … Continue reading
Posted in Methods, Observation, Pests, Swarm Trapping
Tagged bait hive, beekeeping, Indiana, pest, swarm trap, Treatment-free
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Getting it done
If you want to be successful in beekeeping you’re going to have to put some work in. Reading or looking around on the Internet is only scratching the surface. The real work starts once you have bees and are dealing with … Continue reading
Posted in Feral Bees, Genetics, HowTo, Methods, Posts, Swarm Trapping, What's going on..
Tagged bait hive, bee, beekeeping, Indiana Beekeeping, success, Swarm, Treatment-free
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1602, 1603, and 1604
Last Sunday, 5/1/2016 was the first hiving of trapped swarms for the season. I hadn’t planned on doing it, but the weather conditions turned out perfect and I had opportunity. The transfers went as follows Trap02 to 1602, Trap30 to 1603, … Continue reading
Posted in animal husbandry, Genetics, Hive Reports, HowTo, Methods, Posts, Swarm Trapping
Tagged bait hive, hive, Swarm, swarm trap, swarm trapping, transfer, treatment-free methods
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Goals and Methods – part 1
Beekeeping has gotten a lot of media attention in recent years and interest in beekeeping has increased. In the last 5-10 years there has been an influx of new beekeepers, many with no previous experience in agriculture or animal husbandry. A … Continue reading
Posted in Methods, Posts
Tagged bait hive, bee, treatment free beekeeping, treatment-free methods
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Fall Trap Maintenance
One of my yearly maintenance tasks is unloading swarm traps every Fall. Many of the bait combs can be used next Spring as long as you are proactive. Old brood comb is the most valuable capital for my future in beekeeping. It is … Continue reading
Trap Talk / Get Your Traps Out There!
Recently I had an e-mail dialogue with a new swarm trapper from Georgia about some difficulties they are experiencing. They deployed their traps this Spring and wasps began to set up shop in 4 of their 6 traps. This subject also … Continue reading
Posted in Pests, Posts, Swarm Trapping
Tagged bait hive, swarm trap, swarm trapping, treatment free beekeeping
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Evolution in Swarm Trap Logic
A while back I had some dialogue with Jason a beekeeper that operates about 45 minutes to the South of me. I have been talking bees with him for several years now over the internet though we never really have met … Continue reading
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
Sun Choke Blooms
The Jerusalem Artichokes (Sun chokes) have been in bloom the last couple weeks. This time of year I cut the blooms off for two reasons. I have read that when you remove the flowers, they will put more resources into … Continue reading
