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Honey Bee Swarm
The more I look at the bee activity the more it seems to be a act of swarming. Today I saw the bees flying all over the place like mad and their little ball they had formed out of just themselves had disappeared. Wikipedia suggests that this is a hive that has a injured queen or needs to be relocated. They only have the sugar in their bellies to live off as they relocate and start over. I suspect this is the last I will see of that huge group of bees. Fortunately, I did manage to get a little video this morning while it was too cold for them to really go at me.
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I would read this article first. its about someone in basically the same situation and how he caught the swarm.
http://www.backyardhive.com/Articles_on_Beekeeping/Features/Catching_Bees_-_By_Will_Dart/
Next up, grab some plans for a top bar hive (AKA kenyan hive) these are simple to maintain and you don't need to smoke the bees out when you collect honey.
plans can be found free here:
http://www.backyardhive.com/weblinks/Build_a_Topbar_Beehive/
Give Reed Booth a call, or e-mail, and ask him what he thinks about this...
www.killerbeeguy.com
He is the local Bisbee bee keeper... and would appreciate what you are trying to do... and give you the real take on its problems/opportunities...
I was just reading a blog about how when bees swarm, they are looking for a new hive. The blog is written by an older man and he was telling the story of how they caught the hive and brought it home with them.
http://www.hollisbaker.com
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