Beekeeping | How To Set Up Spring Swarm Traps

Beekeeping in the spring involves being able to capture swarms. Having the best swarm trap set up to catch your own swarms or new swarms can help you add more bees to your bee yard without spending lots of money.

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[beemanrunning]

Great swarm trap suggestions! The question and answer segment is real helpful too.

[kristinawrites]

We got hello Spring! Here’s a snowstorm! 😂 A good friend of mine gets wild swarms across her driveway a couple times a year. I’ll be hanging a swarm trap there this year just to see if I can entice them. Great tips.

[onevalewa]

Always appreciate your informative and friendly vids, David!.. thankyou from Fiji, i learn a lot from you.

[roeboy]

I’m trying out some 5 gallon bucket traps this year

[MarianneMonagle]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ thank you for the excellent information!!!

[bachmanmwb]

Great teaching as always! Thanks for all you do, and I didn't realize you were a Ham! KE9CKU, 73

[reginawhite]

Honeybee Democracy. I LOVE that book. I found it on audible. Have you read his book Piping Hot Bees? It's another great book of his mainly all about swarming. Thanks for another excellent video David and Sherri!😊

[SylantBill]

Caught my first swarm on March 19th. Last year I caught 11 out of 12 by a body of water, creek, pool or pond. Just a tip to help out.

[Needanewchannelname]

Just read Democracy of the Honeybee. Great book!

[joer]

Caught 3 swarms. One under a swing, one on a tree trunk knee high, one in an old brood box. Have 4 Nucs with swarm cells. It’s nuts in Atlanta.

[raymondrobinson]

Think I read that about 300 to 800 yards out from parent colony unless other factors are in the mix.

[cgurr]

The Black Bag thing is to collect a Bivouac swarm, You like putting a sock over the swarm and then shake/close it around them

[DavidWayne]

We got snow today 😂 30s for at least the next 10’days.

[bradgoliphant]

Hey David, you mind answering a question for me about a question you just answered? Thanks.
You mentioned that if a hive wants to reproduce that there is very little that can be done to stop it. But what if you add more space and removed 100% of all the swarm cells. Would they still swarm??? Thnk you

[TLEIGH]

I have an aggressive hive all year long. They chase us to the back door and will hang out for hours. We are in Ky. I can’t find the queen (best hide and seek player ever). They are always thriving and great honey producers. What should I do? I dread working that hive.

[Esequiel-pd]

1 hive no brood no eggs no larvae no queen but lots of bees. 1 hive has queen but no brood no larvae and small amount of bees. 1 hive doing great with queen eggs and larvae. What should I do to hives with no brood?

[ltphila]

Does painting a white plastic nuc box black help attract swarms?

[b.greene]

When do you consider "swarm season, " is generally, over?