Swarming – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com Wed, 24 Jun 2020 15:19:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i2.wp.com/www.keepingbackyardbees.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Swarming – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com 32 32 In Awe of a Honeybee Swarm https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/awe-honeybee-swarm/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/awe-honeybee-swarm/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2020 10:19:38 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com.php53-3.ord1-1.websitetestlink.com/?p=187 GRIT Editor in Chief Hank Will shares an extremely humbling experience and the visual beauty that accompanies a heart-shaped swarm.

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/awe-honeybee-swarm/feed/ 2 How to Trap Bee Swarms https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-trap-bee-swarms-zbwz1906zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-trap-bee-swarms-zbwz1906zsau/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2020 10:09:38 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4391 Bees are expensive and you don't want to lose the swarms that come off your hives and hopefully catch others to increase your population. For an investment of about $25 in materials with scrap wood, paint, flashing, and lemon grass oil, I ended up with three additional hives with very little effort.

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-trap-bee-swarms-zbwz1906zsau/feed/ 3 Lemongrass Swarm Lure Recipe https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/lemongrass-swarm-lure-recipe-zbwz1807zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/lemongrass-swarm-lure-recipe-zbwz1807zsau/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2020 10:09:20 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4029 If you want to increase your chance of successfully attracting a swarm, you can add an attractant to your bait hive. Lemongrass is very similar to the queen bee’s scent. Honeybees find the mixture of lemongrass and beeswax irresistible. Lemongrass Swarm Lure Recipe Yield: 3 ounces Ingredients 2 tablespoons beeswax 1/4 cup olive oil 40 […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/lemongrass-swarm-lure-recipe-zbwz1807zsau/feed/ 15 All About Swarm Season https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/all-about-swarm-season-zbwz1905zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/all-about-swarm-season-zbwz1905zsau/#comments Tue, 07 May 2019 00:44:44 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4380 Capturing a swarm from your hive or from others is an essential skill that every beekeeper should learn

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/all-about-swarm-season-zbwz1905zsau/feed/ 5 How to Make a Swarm Catching Kit https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-make-a-swarm-catching-kit-zbwz1904zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-make-a-swarm-catching-kit-zbwz1904zsau/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2019 01:13:23 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4363 When swarm season comes, you never know when you’ll get the call for bee rescue and there’s no worse feeling than missing the opportunity to catch a swarm because it left before you arrived. That’s why I always keep a swarm catching kit in my car! Read on to find out what to include in your own kit […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-make-a-swarm-catching-kit-zbwz1904zsau/feed/ 3 5 Questions to Ask Before Catching a Swarm https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/5-questions-to-ask-before-catching-a-swarm-zbwz1804zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/5-questions-to-ask-before-catching-a-swarm-zbwz1804zsau/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2018 23:55:58 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3962 Catching a swarm is one of my favorite parts of beekeeping. Even though my phone rings off the hook in spring with live bee removal requests, I still feel a thrill when someone calls about a swarm. Most beekeepers love to catch swarms because they are docile and easy to remove. But, even the most […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/5-questions-to-ask-before-catching-a-swarm-zbwz1804zsau/feed/ 2 Why Do Bees Swarm? https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/why-do-bees-swarm/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/why-do-bees-swarm/#comments Wed, 26 Jul 2017 16:53:07 +0000 http://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3514 Honeybees, in a sense, reproduce on two levels. There is the actual reproduction of single bees; the mating of the queen, egg laying and rearing of young. This is one kind of reproduction. But there is also the reproduction of the hive itself. Without swarming, the first beehive in the history of time would still […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/bee-swarm-kit/feed/ 2 What Do Bees Like? Bees-First Beekeeping Part II https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/what-do-bees-like-bees-first-beekeeping-part-ii/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/what-do-bees-like-bees-first-beekeeping-part-ii/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2016 18:05:46 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=2853 Swarming is a good thing---really! And naturally-mated queens will give you the best chance for a thriving, surviving hive.

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