Bees are most docile when swarming like this. They're looking for a new home & have no honey to protect, so they're not aggressive. In the middle of that lump is* the queen.
Beekeeper here. You have no idea how difficult most swarms are. I've had to deal with swarms inside houses, as in inside the siding of a house, but outside the walls. So (with owners permission obviously) I've had to take siding off of houses to get to them, and the best part is if they dont have a queen with them, they swarm again. Then you have to put a queen in the hive in this little cage with a sugar plug so the drones can't kill her but by the time the sugar plug has been eaten away, they are accustomed to her. How about when they are on a branch on top of a 50 foot tree. We have one on our farm that has just been boolin up there for years.
nearlysentientbot on May 22nd, 2018 at 12:53 UTC »
Bees are most docile when swarming like this. They're looking for a new home & have no honey to protect, so they're not aggressive. In the middle of that lump is* the queen.
StrawberryCurves95 on May 22nd, 2018 at 14:52 UTC »
This is the best trade deal in the history of trade deals
“I’m gonna take these bugs away from your house and also give you delicious honey”
GuyAWESOME2337 on May 22nd, 2018 at 15:50 UTC »
Beekeeper here. You have no idea how difficult most swarms are. I've had to deal with swarms inside houses, as in inside the siding of a house, but outside the walls. So (with owners permission obviously) I've had to take siding off of houses to get to them, and the best part is if they dont have a queen with them, they swarm again. Then you have to put a queen in the hive in this little cage with a sugar plug so the drones can't kill her but by the time the sugar plug has been eaten away, they are accustomed to her. How about when they are on a branch on top of a 50 foot tree. We have one on our farm that has just been boolin up there for years.