Keep us posted. Also let us know if you will need to have surgery to set any broken bones..
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Amazing! You people have nerves of steel!No broken bones, but how’d you get that footage of me tree surfing?!
I think/hope we got the queen in the new box...
I’d set a new box as a swarm trap out a couple weeks ago... was planning a hive check tomorrow... to decide if I needed to split...
The swarm assembled directly... I mean gnats ass perfectly above the new box ... but up 30 foot ( 9-10 meters) or so
I felt like there was a pretty good chance it would go to the box if I left it s alone, but that queen and I have become close, and I was scared I’d miss her too much... so I decided to risk a ladder and pole saw dance to try to get her in the box...
I moved the box, and my fearless wife in head to toe gear helped me cut down the limb ...
As the limb came down the swarm shook loose and probably 75% of it landed exactly where the new box would have been if I’d left it there
long story short I waited till the bees started to ball up and then scooped and brushed the main balls of bees into the box hoping the queen was in there...
after a minute or three, the bees began to march into the box...
then I went to collect eggs from the chicken coop and found a skunk in a cage trap... so I have tomorrow’s adventure queued up too
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Also...No broken bones, but how’d you get that footage of me tree surfing?!
I think/hope we got the queen in the new box...
I’d set a new box as a swarm trap out a couple weeks ago... was planning a hive check tomorrow... to decide if I needed to split...
The swarm assembled directly... I mean gnats ass perfectly above the new box ... but up 30 foot ( 9-10 meters) or so
I felt like there was a pretty good chance it would go to the box if I left it s alone, but that queen and I have become close, and I was scared I’d miss her too much... so I decided to risk a ladder and pole saw dance to try to get her in the box...
I moved the box, and my fearless wife in head to toe gear helped me cut down the limb ...
As the limb came down the swarm shook loose and probably 75% of it landed exactly where the new box would have been if I’d left it there
long story short I waited till the bees started to ball up and then scooped and brushed the main balls of bees into the box hoping the queen was in there...
after a minute or three, the bees began to march into the box...
then I went to collect eggs from the chicken coop and found a skunk in a cage trap... so I have tomorrow’s adventure queued up too
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How can you tell with her inside the figure flattering beekeepers suit?Also...
I am pleasantly surprised to see your wife does not actually have an eye patch, peg leg or dread locks
Waeel, I can't tell for sure about the hair I guess. But if dreads smell as bad as Braxton says they do I think I might have gotten a whiff through the screen.
So you’re saying I am right again..
. My one pear tree is blossoming. They should open in the next day or two.
My lovely wife has all of that, but that’s reserved for Tuesday’sAlso...
I am pleasantly surprised to see your wife does not actually have an eye patch, peg leg or dread locks
