Rescued my first Bee Swarm

[XD-9Guy]

Interesting stuff! Very cool indeed.

 

[Biggsly]

Woah ... too cool ...

Biggsley, I'm gonna go to Overholser and take a look. (Need to see if we can walk across the middle of the lake yet anyway ... man ... the water level is just downright depressing ...)

We were just talking yesterday about how low it is. I bet you can walk all the way across right now.

 

[steelhorse]

Very Cool! Was this actually in the city of Wagoner and if so do you remember the address?

 

[_CY_]

hive was on a farm half way to Muskogee, near the turnpike exit.
definitely out in the country ...

here's a picture taken a few minutes ago when measuring branch hive is built on.
plan is to suspend hive inside a deep bee box. it's so late in the season, don't want to disturb hive but cutting off combs unless absolutely have to.

will be messy later, but will be worth it. if this tactic helps the bees survive the winter.

notice this pic has way more bees swarmed. additional bees returned to hive after dark

here's the final bee hive complete with feral hive intact inside with empty frames beside and below. sitting on a fire pit used to burn leaves. it'll do until I build a steel frame with water barrier on all support legs.

Rescued my first Bee Swarm in Wagnor or at least that's what they called it.

Was this in town and if so do you recall the address?

 

[HiredHand]

Wow! That's really cool. Keep us updated on how they do.

 

[HMFIC]

That's awesome Charles.

 

[Honeybee]

I'm called honeybee for a reason.

I've done this dozens of times, enjoy it, I hope they make lots of honey for you.

I just got to down in the back to keep bees, 12 years was all I could do.

 

[_CY_]

honeybee, flat forgot you are the expert on bee around here... will probably be bending your ear now

 

[OKMike]

This is cool, my last boss was a beekeeper. I've been thinking of starting.I think there is an organization in Tulsa.

 

[Podman]

Beekeeping is a great hobby. I used to keep bees myself but when I moved to a different place in town I sold them. Hope yours do ok through the winter and make you lots of honey next year.