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Swarms are Free

With a little work.

by

Ed Simon.

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Fantastic Experience

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What’s Next?

What are you going to do?

Panic!

Or catch them?

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Different Situation – Call Out

HELP !!!

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Call Out - Ask Questions

? Bees

? When

? Where / Accessible

? How Long

? Phone

? Directions

? How many (millions)

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What Tools?

    • Clothing – extra suit
    • Gloves
    • Pruners & loppers
    • Traps (2)
    • Duct tape
    • Ladder
    • Rope
    • Buckets
    • Honey Bear ?
    • Cell phone

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Arrival - Safety First

    • Make the swarm accessible.

Get collector under the swarm.

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    • They are usually docile.

Unless clustered a long time

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    • They can still get mad.

So as gentle as possible.

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    • Sometime no options available to you .

It was now a RESQUE mission!

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Easy Capture

Wait (forever) !

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Not Always This Easy!

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Hive the swarm

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Add brood frame

Move them away from swarm area.

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If long time clustered then:

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Warning!

Scouts may return and entice the bees to a better nesting site.

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Swarms are Free

It takes work!

Try it!

You’ll Like it!

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Thank You

I hope you have enjoyed this presentation.

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I enjoyed presenting it to you!

Ed