Swarm Entering Hive

The attached image shows one of the most beautiful sites in beekeeping, a swarm entering a new hive up a ramp covered in a white sheet. Sadly this swarm decided not to stay and moved on.

This entry was posted on May 25, 2010 at 12:37 pm and is filed under Swarms. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “Swarm Entering Hive”

chris howell Says:
June 11, 2010 at 4:26 pm | Reply
Sean – would it have been acceptable if a queen excluder was added between the floor and the broodbox after the little darlings had moved in to stop the queen from leaving? If so, how long would you leave it in place and would it work!!!
seanbees Says:
June 22, 2010 at 10:40 am | Reply
It is a good idea, a framed excluder works best. I tried a to do it the other day with one of the bee safe plastic excluders which bowed letting the bees in and out anyway.

I would leave it for up to days, when the queen has started to lay and therefore established.

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