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High class container colony

I had some free bees this summer. Especially one of the swarms is special, the container colony. http://www.elgon.es/diary/?p=722 and http://www.elgon.es/diary/?p=740 A couple of weeks ago I harvested two supers from it. It will winter with plenty of honey in the

Erik September 13, 2015 Management, Swarm Read more

Container colony kept its promise

A month ago I opened the lid on a pile of boxes with crap combs just enough so the swarm that had landed on the outside could go in and make themselves a new home. They “promised” to clean the

Erik July 14, 2015July 14, 2015 Swarm Read more

Free bees

This year is a year of swarms in Sweden. The weather is chilly and damp. Bees are sitting a lot inside having little to do but making queen cells. Maybe like many others in such a situation, thinking of reproduction.:)

Erik June 19, 2015July 14, 2015 Cellsize, Swarm, Wax Read more

Let us in – we will clean your combs

Today I got a telephone call from my neighbor when I was out in the car. He told me a swarm was swirling in the air in his garden, then moving over my container for storing bee equipment. When I

Erik June 12, 2015 Swarm, Wax Read more

Swarm from a tree

Last year my friend had a call in July about a swarm that had come from a big old tree. The cavity couldn’t bee very big. And the swarm was not big. http://www.elgon.es/diary/?p=235 But the bees in the tree survived the

Erik July 14, 2014 Breeding, Cellsize, Elgon, Feral bees, Swarm, Varroa Read more

Feral swarm

Tonight at half past nine after a telephone call, I took a swarm in a raspberry bush which came from bee colony in a wall in an old house 20 meters away. The house is situated ”in the middle of

Erik June 29, 2014June 30, 2014 Elgon, Feral bees, Swarm, Uncategorized Read more

Swarm draws foundationless combs

Larry, the excentric beekeeper in Indiana, shares with me many of his experiences. Here’s one I share with you readers: Friday afternoon, 23 May, I just happened to be present at the beginning of a prime swarm cast from my

Erik June 8, 2014 Management, Swarm, Warré Read more
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