irwin
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My best friend
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Post by irwin on Mar 21, 2010 13:49:12 GMT -7
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Post by CountryBeez on Mar 21, 2010 20:40:19 GMT -7
Irwin Thanks for the geat pictures. He must have caught them just as they were about to swarm, with all of the queen cells & multiple queen catchers in the pics. It's amazing how fast virgin queens start to hatch out when you open up a hive where the bees have been holding them back from hatching while the hive is preparing to swarm, especially if the weather has been bad. It's a good idea to carry a few queen catchers to put virgins in if they hatch out while going through a hive, and it gives you some time to figure out how many splits your going to make from the colony. About like a fire drill sometimes!  SPRUCE BEE |
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Post by jardiniere28 on Mar 30, 2010 8:43:22 GMT -7
Those are GREAT!!!! I wondererd how one would do that! What a great service your friend provides.
Thanks for sharing!!!
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irwin
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Post by irwin on Mar 31, 2010 7:04:30 GMT -7
I got him talked into getting a video camera it should be some good videos
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