With the price of bee packages over $100 my son tried a swarm trap to capture "wild/feral" bees last year. Two days later he had a swarm of honey bees, easily larger than Itialians, and amazingly....MUCH calmer and easier to wok with!
Here in Ohio N.E. temps were 49? the other day, and bees were going in and out with a good dozen hovering outside! My son already has plans to capture at least 2 - 3more swarms this spring!
Has anyone done swarm captures to add on to their hive count?
Any good or bad experences
So ya know the son has 6 years of bee experence, and loves "his girls" !
Here in Ohio N.E. temps were 49? the other day, and bees were going in and out with a good dozen hovering outside! My son already has plans to capture at least 2 - 3more swarms this spring!
Has anyone done swarm captures to add on to their hive count?
Any good or bad experences
So ya know the son has 6 years of bee experence, and loves "his girls" !