A swarm of bees flew in today. I used to have several hives, but quit beekeeping thirty-five years ago when stings began sending me to the Emergency Room. Susan took up beekeeping about five years ago, so we have equipment that is ready to set up.
Susan is not doing any lifting right now, so I set up a couple of supers, suited up and started clipping branches to reach the swarm. Susan mixed up sugar syrup to keep the bees quiet and tucked a sheet into the entrance on the hive.
The swarm dropped into a box while still hanging on the branches and I placed them in front of the entrance, misted them with sugar water, and they began their march into the hive. We checked them at sundown and all of them had moved in. The best part is neither of us was stung!
1 comment:
yep, not getting stung is the best part! :)
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