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I just grabbed a swarm that is boxed (cardboard) and ready for adoption in Valencia. If anyone is interested, give me a call on my cell phone (661.312.3910). I live about 6 miles from 6 Flags Magic Mountain.
Max
Bees are taken!
Thanks again Max! They actually ate their way out of the box yesterday evening before I returned home, so I waited until nightfall for them to get land locked before taking them home.
Now they have been installed into my hive with comb, but I was not able to grab the brood I wanted since I was waiting for them to land and regroup.
I plan on going to a hive in an irrigation box tonight to get some brood and hopefully the crushed up lemongrass I put in the box will keep them happy til then!
Michael – Sounds good! I just grabbed another, much heavier swarm. The swarming season has started about 3 weeks early up here. Give me a call if you need some more bees. (661) 312-3910
Max
Hi Max!
Turns out that they absconded before I could get them some brood. While I have one cut out still settling in, I could use as many swarms as you can supply because I can fill 3 more hives and then start joining them.
I am working on putting a bee vac together to make the process easier on everyone. The last cutout was as the sun was setting and it got messy with honey/brood spillage and no light source. I ended up drowning too many for comfort and should have kept more of the honey.
I did not get your response for some reason… will check the setting on this post.
Hi Max! OK, so it turns out that a new swarm moved into my box that I had some lemongrass crushed up in (the same one that your swarm absconded from). I am still looking for more, but at least two of my boxes are buzzing!
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