{"id":17013,"date":"2014-06-21T05:42:40","date_gmt":"2014-06-21T04:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17013"},"modified":"2020-05-26T14:23:40","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T13:23:40","slug":"housing-swarms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/06\/housing-swarms\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing Swarms"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a busy Spring of beekeeping for us. Not only have we been busy making increase<\/a> and setting up new out apiaries but we’ve been getting lots of call outs to swarms as well.<\/p>\n

The Perfect Swarm<\/h2>\n

The first was a lovely swarm in Penparcau. We packed the car with the tools we thought we might need and arrived to find a huge swarm in an apple tree about 10 feet off the ground.<\/p>\n

\"Swarm\"<\/a>

Swarm<\/p><\/div>\n

Thankfully, as well as the usual beekeeping tools we had packed a ladder, some secateurs, some branch loppers and a big white sheet. Being careful not to flatten the house-owners vegetable patch we laid the sheet on the ground and then carefully pruned the tree to give us easier access to the swarm. I then lopped off the branches the swarm was on, shook them into a nuc box which we’d placed on the sheet and then waited while the bees made their way into the box.<\/p>\n

The house owner made us a cup of tea whilst we waited for the bees to do their thing. Sure enough they slowly but surely made their way into the nuc box and after about an hour most were inside.<\/p>\n\n\t\t