Hi
My old man is looking for a bee swarm and A queen bee. We live in Sydney and happy to travel.
Anyone know somebody that knows somebody that knows somebody?
Looking For a Bee Swarm [Sydney]
alz on 27/08/2017 - 15:54
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Last edited 27/08/2017 - 17:15 by 1 other user
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Apiarist AKA Beekeeper.
You need to act fast when the bees swarm.
When we had a swarm land near us I looked on Gumtree for a local apiarist.
You might post an ad there and wait?
Second that post adds on gumtree or a blog and wait
Good idea thanks. I've got a gumtree ad running now. As the weather warms up I hope the phone starts ringing.
I have no idea what this thread is about.
Why do you want a swarm of bees?This better not be code for something.
I feel like this is indeed code for something.
When we got a swarm on our fence I had a good chat to the bee keeper who came out to collect it.
She was starting a new hive, her first, and had been learning from a more experienced keeper who was showing her the ropes.
When an existing hive gets too big, it will divide in two with a new queen for the new swarm. They will fly a few hundred meters, then perch somewhere for a few days. During that time, worker bees scout the area for a new permanent site for the hive.
While this is happening the bees are pretty docile. They have fattened up in preparation for the flight and they swarm in a big clump around the queen.To capture the swarm, they literally scrape the whole bundle of live bees into an empty hive box and pop on the lid. If they got the queen in there, she continues to send out "gather around me" pheromones that attract the bees to her. The hive was left on the ground over night with its little doorways open to allow any wanderers returning to find their queen, although she said it there were any still out when the hive was taken away they would end up returning to the original source hive.
It was pretty interesting, and the 3 keepers who turned up were all those kind of hobbyists who were obviously very excited about an important element of their hobby, so they were in high spirits and chatting away. They were very happy to get the bees, I was very happy for somebody to take away the swarm for free, although I was a little sorry not to have a hive myself to see how pleased they all were with themselves.
They should of offered you the first batch of honey for that.
How beautiful, thank you for explaining.
My old man and my uncle would be over the moon at the sight of this swarm. They can't live without honey. My old man needs at least 100kg of honey per year to survive.
I have a very large bee hive in my backyard.
It will be swarming any day now.
It does so every spring at this time.
Usually 2 or 3 times.Did it end up swarming? Where abouts are you located?
Not yet.
I looked up previous years -12 October 2016
1 October 2015 (swarm 2)
28 September 2014
Maybe later this year because it is so dry, I don’t know.
I live at Lindfield on the North Shore of Sydney.
Do you want a swarm ?
Warning - my bees are pretty feral and aggressive.I'm down South of Sydney so bit far for me to travel. Thanks anyway. I'm sure there's plenty of other beekeeper out there that would love them. A new queen can calm aggressiveness.
Bees or swingers