We already had a brand new painted deep hive box waiting to add another colony anyway so we pulled it out and got prepared.
“We can also use that extendable handle limb lopper to hook around the branch and shake it, allowing the bees to drop into the bucket.”Īaaaahhhh teamwork. We should be able to stand on the ground and lift the bucket all the way up to the swarm. Seeing the question on my face he explained he was going to take a 5-gallon bucket & hook the paint roller through the handle of the bucket. Then he screwed it onto an extendable pole. RancherMan hit his shop and pulled out a paint roller and removed the painting sleeve. Hummm… It’s time to put on our thinking caps. Wouldn’t it be great if there were a way to do this from the ground instead? It seems risky to crawl atop a tall ladder since this is our first swarm and we’re really not sure what to expect. We’ve heard others speak about their experience catching swarms and we’ve studied and researched other ways to catch them too. Now there are apparently lots of different ways to catch a bee swarm. We swung into action! Can We Catch A Bee Swarm In A Tree From The Ground? Well that’s how my day started, then everything changed with RancherMan’s announcement. Ya know how you start your day with an idea of the tasks at hand? Work on blog stuff, finish honeysuckle jelly, strain the honey from the comb we had to remove from a hive yesterday. We’ve never captured a swarm before so here’s yet one more opportunity to learn something exciting about beekeeping! And maybe get to add a new hive of bees to our group as well. Woo-hoo!Īpparently he saw a swarm of bees about 15-ft up in a tree right near our pasture gate. RancherMan came in from the pastures & told me it was time to suit up, we’ve got a bee swarm to catch.
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