Bee farmer estimated there were 30,000 bees in the colony. With no bee suit, I

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May 25, 2015
7:16:25pm

WDaddy

Bee farmer estimated there were 30,000 bees in the colony. With no bee suit, I

Would have gotten stung probably 500 times despite unloading two cans of hot shot simultaneously.

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WDaddy

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I received a call about a swarm of bees, so I went and caught them. (see pic)

buhlcougar

5/24/15 5:13pm

Lucky!

Beard Card

5/24/15 5:14pm

did you get stung?

Snipe

5/24/15 5:14pm

No stings.

buhlcougar

5/24/15 5:25pm

Correct me if I'm wrong but this looks like a colony split. Aren't bees supposed

5/24/15 5:29pm

Yes they were very docile. I put a box right under the swarm and gave the

buhlcougar

5/24/15 5:40pm

Mother fetcher! How much did you make?

Mathew

5/24/15 5:14pm

well, it costs roughly 70-100 per colony

TN_Coug

5/24/15 5:25pm

Didn't make anything.

buhlcougar

5/24/15 5:25pm

What will you do with the Bees?

Mathew

5/24/15 5:26pm

they currently are in a hive making honey

TN_Coug

5/24/15 5:27pm

Mo' honey mo' problems

Nathanael Greene

5/24/15 5:32pm

I have a couple of empty hives so I put the swarm in one of them.

buhlcougar

5/24/15 5:38pm

That's awesome! Wish I lived in an area where I could do this.

Mathew

5/24/15 7:08pm

cool that you got to catch them.

JayOwen

5/24/15 5:27pm

Have you heard of Flow Hive?

JayOwen

5/24/15 5:39pm

I've had a lot of people ask me about these hives. I guess I would want to look

buhlcougar

5/24/15 5:49pm

No but I have hear of

kalifi

5/24/15 7:19pm

Whoa. Heavy

TNT

5/24/15 5:56pm

RE: I received a call about a swarm of bees, so I went and caught them. (see

hessrp

5/24/15 6:10pm

Had this happen to me 2 weeks ago. Colony split. Honey farmer came and knocked

WDaddy

5/24/15 6:23pm

Pest control? It is illegal to kill honeybees

BYU4eVeR

5/24/15 11:45pm

Bee farmer estimated there were 30,000 bees in the colony. With no bee suit, I

WDaddy

5/25/15 7:16pm

Careful. It could turn into something like this:

UNLVcougar

5/24/15 7:04pm

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