Caught my first swarm by accident. Had old wax moth damage wax in the back of my truck. When I can got off work, bees were circling my truck twenty high. I put a cardboard box with one hole in it behind the place I worked where several old oak trees were. By Dark I had a couple of pounds of bees and the queen. Valuable lesson learned that day.
Nice bit of advice. I’m doing traps for the first time this year, and I have some damaged frames. Do you use swarm commander and lemon grass essential oil both together in a single trap, or are you just baiting different traps differently?
Instead of wire I use 2 bamboo barbeque secures in the virtual position by drilling through the top bar+ instead of foundation I hot glue lollypop sticks to the top of the bar, it works better than starter strips
I found moth larvae from comb when I put frames into bleach water. They floated. Afraid I would be creating future problems to not do something to damaged comb.
Caught my first swarm by accident. Had old wax moth damage wax in the back of my truck. When I can got off work, bees were circling my truck twenty high. I put a cardboard box with one hole in it behind the place I worked where several old oak trees were. By Dark I had a couple of pounds of bees and the queen. Valuable lesson learned that day.
I should have watched this yesterday. Threw some wax moth comb away. Good idea.
Nice bit of advice. I’m doing traps for the first time this year, and I have some damaged frames. Do you use swarm commander and lemon grass essential oil both together in a single trap, or are you just baiting different traps differently?
Clueless Homesteaders I would use one or the other. Not both. Either is fine. Both work. Oil is cheaper than swarm commander.
Brown's Beef and Bees brilliant, thanks!
Good video Cleveland county farmer!
Instead of wire I use 2 bamboo barbeque secures in the virtual position by drilling through the top bar+ instead of foundation I hot glue lollypop sticks to the top of the bar, it works better than starter strips
Hmmm...my frames have plastic foundation-besides starting over without the plastic foundation, do you have any advice for this frames?
How do you melt your wax?
I have about 10 frames of wax moth comb i want to melt down. ...
I found moth larvae from comb when I put frames into bleach water. They floated. Afraid I would be creating future problems to not do something to damaged comb.
Will the bees sense that the wax moths have been there and not use the frames
Did you discuss it with DON THE FAT BEE MAN?👀
Your intro is freaking awesome
Not for me
Burn them. Build new ones. Not worth the time or risk to fool with. Been bee keeping for 10 years