Pulled 2 supers and extracted them. There is some locust honey in there.
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Two years ago i lost a weaker hive to an ant attack. We have some vicious small ants here, called »carpenter ants«. in 2022 i had my hives on pallets on top of cinder blocks and the ants were actually nesting in the pallet's wood, raiding the bee hives during the night.Pesky ants in the NUC feeder box. No problem, flat sticky mouse trap in the box and Diatomaceous food grade spread on ground and block hive stand. One day and they are gone, got this tip from and Old Timer on Youtube. jerryse, I AM JEALOUS! Pulling supers
That's why i always keep a fully stocked hive with a single brood box out there. - So far no luck though.A surprise today finding 2 colonies in empty stacked hive bodies today. I can keep most hives from swarming most of the time but not all of them all of the time.
Im thinking one of them is a stray.
Strays are good and the first thing I do is a Varroa count. Got 'em may as well make sure they'll stay strong.A surprise today finding 2 colonies in empty stacked hive bodies today. I can keep most hives from swarming most of the time but not all of them all of the time.
Im thinking one of them is a stray.
*note I have massively edited this message*I would re set about 3 or 4 weeks.
Swarm comes with the original Queen. Personally I would get them to their permanent hive location. Some say 2+ miles away. If not an option, the evening before the move you can put them in lock down and move them at that time to your preferred location, cut 'em loose on the 4th morning, the bees will orient themselves to this spot and not return to swarm site. I have used this method when I had to move whole hives from 20 to 50 feet for one reason or another with no bees looking for old location.Just wanted to say thanks for the great advice. I reset the bait 3 weeks after I originally set the trap. Seven days after the reset, I saw a scout checking it out, 2 days later and I have myself a swarm. I didn't get to see it arrive, and haven't opened them up yet, but by the activity around the hive, it looks promising.
Next question. I'm thinking that if I wait until they have brood they will be less likely to abscond when I move them to a proper hive. About a week if they have a laying queen, but maybe 2 if a virgin. Am I over thinking this?