The Wally-Gee Bee Journey 🐝

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Are they always so fuzzy? Even as adults?

I think they’re just fuzzy like that when they are young.

 

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Built my first swarm trap today. I can’t wait to find the perfect place to put it! It needs a coat of paint, but it’s all done otherwise.

 

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Here’s one of my girls getting a slurp of clover!

I’m taking the swarm trap to my sister’s house and leaving it after the beekeepers from Alabama cut the hive out of the old house tomorrow. With a prayer and blessing, maybe I will catch any new swarm that finds the old house a temping place to stay.

 

[WallyG74]

I’m not gonna get there as early as the bee folks, but I’ll get as many pics as I can. My suspicion is that this is going to be a massive hive in the old house. I hope to assist as much as possible. They said I could get in their extra suit. I already got one, so it’s all good. Bees and honey early, and Boston butt for lunch!

 

[Sally PB]

Good luck!

 

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Not a lot of pics, but here’s what I got. Huge colony!

We didn’t find the queen. We believe she ran into the cracks at the top. The bee wranglers had to get going with the 3 boxes of bees before they overheated. I left a swarm trap with plenty of bait and the bee wranglers are going back tomorrow to see if they can hopefully find the queen after they settle into a big bee ball.

 

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Wow!

 

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A little chunk of the beeswax I rendered from the cut out at my sister’s house. I only did a small amount just to see how it would turn out. The bees are cleaning up a much larger portion right now and I’ll put it all back together and filter it to a much cleaner state.

 

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I have some beeswax I want to render from the extra frames that came with the hive I bought. I got a pot at Goodwill that is going to be my "wax pot." A project for a less busy day, if I ever get one!

 

[WallyG74]

I have some beeswax I want to render from the extra frames that came with the hive I bought. I got a pot at Goodwill that is going to be my "wax pot." A project for a less busy day, if I ever get one!

You may already know how to do it, but there’s a ton of YT videos on the subject.