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To: C210N

I tired last year to install a new package in a hive that I put a lure in several years ago. It never attracted a swarm so I forgot all about it. The moment they got the queen out, they absconded.


35 posted on 03/23/2019 11:53:59 AM PDT by beef (Caution: Potential Sarcasm - Process Accordingly)
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To: beef
beef :" I tired last year to install a new package in a hive that I put a lure in several years ago.
It never attracted a swarm so I forgot all about it."

The best lure is a previously used honeycomb that another queen bee has already worked (pheromone release)
better yet, use several frames.
Even a 'trap hive' needs queen scent (pheromone ) to attract scout bees, looking for a new home.
Wear a bee veil and gloves - they are 'sting resistant', not bee 'sting proof'.
Wear rubber bands on the bottom of your pant legs - prevents intrusion up the leg.
Never wear floral perfume, nor dark fuzzy plaid shirts - entraps and enrages bees in the fibers.
Do not mow your lawn near a hive as the noise bothers them, as does thunder and lightening.
Also, they are atmosphere pressure sensitive, and can tell of an approaching storm which aggravates them.
Move bee hives only at night, during chill, as they will all be at home,
and use a pick up truck as they don't travel well in a sedan (!).

53 posted on 03/23/2019 12:26:32 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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