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RE: Another day, ANOTHER caught swarm of Honeybees on Fleming Family Farm
Am I the only one who's swarms settle 40' up in a tree? 🙄 Glad to see you got them....
Am I the only one who's swarms settle 40' up in a tree? 🙄 Glad to see you got them....
Beginner's luck? At least I hope not, I don't want to jinx it...
What do you do when that happens? I have tall trees all around the property so it is one of my concerns.
If I can get a string around the branch they are on with either a throwing weight of sling shot, I hoist a drawn frame of comb up so that it touches the swarm and they will move onto the comb and then I just lower it. The trick is that the comb must touch the cluster so they can walk to it. They will not fly to it, even if it is just a few inches away.
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Wow! Mind Blown!
Super ingenious and kinda simple sounding.