Wow, truly extraordinary. I'm so glad you found it calming.

The bumble bees definitely dominate my comfrey patch. The honey bees, at lease here, seem to have other preferences. Thanks for sharing.

Please don't buy the DVD, the entire video is available FREE right here on KZbin. Regarding your clutch of eggs that you've uncovered. If you have an incubator that you can put them in, that would be best. If you try to put them under other brood hens that already have eggs, they will likely be hatching out at different times and it could be a disaster. I wish you all the best. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6TOoGljm8d_pacsi=ymT4UmrdvDvoSXeh FREE video, please feel free to share the link.

Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. These are gerbils, every pet will have varying preferences and needs.

Thanks for the info!

Observing that swarm cluster during the high wind conditions really demonstrated some extraordinary ability to cling and remain together. I was impressed. They are hived now and doing well. Thanks for sharing what you're seeing in your neck of the woods :)

I have an adapter plate that I put the collection box on, it's sized for a nucleus opening, so it works for 8 frame boxes as well. I show it in the video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZS5nJ6dp7qhqs0si=InwWOEgdpDsK42rs

I'm so glad you realized that potential issue soon enough to interviene :) Thanks for sharing :)

@@FrederickDunn all of the queens are still in their postal cages , with evidence of the postal fondant being gradually chowed down. Interestingly one of the introductory cages had worker bees within . Certainly user error on my part ! All are in good health and having swopped out the broodless drawn foundation and replaced with a capped brood frame in each , I’m sure now I have rectified my error, they will make each colony their home over the next 7 days . Caught in the nick of time - Phew !

Thanks, Lynette :)

It's not pest control either, good point.

I'm so glad!

Thanks for sharing :)

Neither.. think of it as a chorus of sounds that "may have" a nominal frequency, but it's more than that.

They are great at climate control, I've also observed the entrance hole of a tree-colony nearly completely closed off by bees on the front, only to have them return to the inside as night arrived. Sometimes more space does give them a place to congragate inside, particularly up above the honey frames.

@@FrederickDunn my town (Pilot Point) was hit by a tornado or 2 tornadoes last night. I live outside of town. It blew the roof off my barn and part of it is up in a pecan tree. I had 2 big pecan trees snapped off at waist and head high. Knocked down the telephone pole my electric meter is attached to and I’m without power or water. The power company doesn’t furnish those poles either. You have to put it up yourself along with the meter box. I can’t believe my hives didn’t blow away. I have heavy weights on them and tie down straps around the stands on my vertical hives. The Marina, gas dock and restaurant on lake Ray Roberts was destroyed. The news said at least 7 lives were lost in its path. I went to town for ice this morning and trees down everywhere. My friend has a huge tree uprooted and on his roof. I was caught in it in my truck trying to head south and it was blowing my truck around and almost ran me into the ditch. I’m in a mobile home and feel safer running from them. I’ve lived in this area 62 years and this is the worst I’ve seen here.

Yes, the ladder just tipped over against a tree. It's a 12' ladder.

I hope they all do well, I'll be watching the borage in particular this year to see how the bees work it, and also to see if some of the wing damage occurs as claimed by others.

I'm so glad to have filled in some tiny informational gaps for you :) Much appreciated!

Thank you so much, Tommy! I hope your weekend it fantastic.

It wintered as well as my best performing hives. Yes, it's outside. However, it's far more challenging to work the frames than other standardized hive configurations. But it's winter-ready for sure.

This is just a personal call, I'd remove the wires and have them as foundationless frames.

Any "Oops" Old / Fragile / Dusty or Mouldy Comb in Frames : Can be "Cut Out" and Melted down. . . The older the better for "Luring in Swarms" ! Just get a Sharp Eg Bread Knife. Cut away all attached Edges and 'dredful quality' Comb you DONT want to Extract ! Just keep a narrow "under Top Rail of your Frame" Strip of 'Started Wax Cells' eg 1/2 Inch or x5 cm worth. "BEES will Draw out perfect NEW Straight Comb, if you either do : Empty Frame / Foundation Frame / another Empty etc etc OR an Empty / A Drawn Comb of Bees / another Empty etc etc. Especially if your Housing a 'Caught Swarm' or making a "Split." And FEED them some 1:1 Syrup (or slightly more Water to Sugar Syrup.) Bees need a ton of Food (Resources) to build New Wax. And boy, they build it Quickly ! It's lovely stuff, unless they make 'attachment comb' in unwanted spaces. So make SURE their are NO Big GAPs or Shim SPACE : they could bung it up with random Wax for sure! A Sticky mess to sort out. 🤭 Especially in doing a Hive Inspection. (Been there in my early Beekeeping Days !) Learn from any mistakes, to not have it happen the next time. Fill 'dead space' with a Chicken Feed Sack, Compost Bag, some cut Correx Sheeting but don't use any 'unfoiled' bare 'Styrofoam' or you will have 'tons of Snow Beads' thru your Hives. Homebuilders 'Heavy Foiled' Insulation Blocks are FAB for blocking dead areas : if you maybe have a 'tiny' Seam of Bees mid Box, you haven't enough Frames to fill out a Full Box remit. Add a Block, go get more Frames and add next time ! 😎

Wow, thank you for sharing that they have benefitted you there. Much appreciated :)

They aren't for sale that I know of, you can make your own very easily. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2WXh5mqadmIqcksi=WXMgeHSLC3quKHXH

That's very interesting, I'll be watching for that trait with the borage. We'll see... Thank you so much :)

Not so well... you end up with sharp remains with a machete...