Toots Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 I have an old second hand hive that i picked up during the winter with a plan to expand at some point or use as a second hive for swarm control. i have not needed to do anything with the hive so it has been sat at the bottom of the garden for 4 months. needs a bit of a sand and re paint but in very sound condition. I just decided that i will clean it up and noticed that there is a lot of interest with some bees! It appears i have a swarm in there! i don't know when it turned up be luckily it is away from neighbors, i flamed the insides when i picked it up! 3 hives now and i have only paid for 1 nuc! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Well that's a bargain - we all dream of that happening, but Lesley has had a swarm land in her bait hive this year too,I believe. Even though you'd flamed it, perhaps they were attracted to the residual smell of honey. I hope you can get some frames in there pronto before they fill it up with brace-comb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Congratulations! We had some free comb in ours to sort out but the bees are doing really well, we saw the queen yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
