ok what we've got here pretty large swarm about the size of a
basketball that's a maybe it's actually quite being transformed I think we're
gonna get girls into that box and into the hive
7 o'clock in the morning so many of them going out
view from the other side
pretty calm. Dont want to drop this one so wanna be really careful
look like Italians to me.. i could be wrong
anyone wants to comment on what species they are...lets do it
Ideally you would want some one film but im her by myself in the morning
I hope i get it all in one shot
One hand on the camera one hand on the bees
not really easy to get the box in there unfortunately
position the box as best as i could
its right over it ....lets see how this goes
Im gonna shake it
bzzz bzzzz bbbbzzzzzzzz
got about 90 percent of them
Sorry about the shakey video
What ill do is close this up a little bit
hopefully they will all find their way back in
in half an hour or so
how beautiful is that
we got most of the bees in
some are still outside
i just put them in the box
they should start scenting in a few minutes
That's a good indicator the queen is here
look like their
I just left enough gap for the bees to get trough
Hopefully in a few minutes the will start
scenting and they will all come into the box
They are starting to scent
So the queen is in the i think... very good chance
yep yep
in a few minutes we will have
10 or 15 of these girls scenting
here we go look ...look see them walking in
That's a good sign
There is a pretty good chance we got the queen in there
They are all starting to fan
They are lifting up their bums
So thats the nasonov gland
this one here
there you go
she is fanning
she is lifting up her bum
lets see if their landing on the box
a couple of drones i can see
look at that
the drone is looking fro his home
yeah
we will just leave them here for a few minutes
I shook some of the branch
they are still coming back to the branch
i just swept them up
and threw them on the box
apart from the flying ones
lets have a look
they are starting to scent which is a great sign
that the queen is there
see her bum stick up
this one here
this one here has got her bum sticking up
she has got a little gland at the base of her abdomen there
and it has a special scent which allows the other bees to
know that there is a queen in there
you can actually see they are marching in to the little crack there
So ill leave these for about another
sorry there's bees crawling around the lens
classic signs of nasanov scenting
we will just wait a few minutes
wait for the scouts to come back
and put them into a hive
there is a big cluster there. Ill pick them up from the other side
there is a fair few down here
Fair few here
So apparently they have been here since 5 O'clock yesterday
so they stayed here overnight
no rent charged
you can actually see they started to build wax
lots and lots of wax
this is where they were
I don't think they would have made that their permanent home
sometimes they do
if they cant find a spot they will make this site a permanent home
start building comb from there
see the little while spots they are not Aphids
Those little white spots all over the place is wax they are already starting already to deposit
About 12 hours
what ill try and do now if i can
im by myself here I was supposed to have someone else but they did not show up
small little patch here small patch there
some are still trying to go back to the tree
so they're the scouts coming back
and you have got lots of nasanov scenting here
lots of scenting they are saying the queen is this way girls.. come
the queens in there somewhere in the box
OK im just about to pack up, I think.....
you can see they are all scenting there... again
That's most of them.. I have been here for just under an hour
just waiting for the field bees to come back in
the scenting is really working you can see them taking off
there is a little cluster about 50 bees
if they don't move in about half an hour i'll just pick them up and throw them in the box infact ill do that now
they are all gone from the tree
ok im gonna pack them up and..... put them in the hive
Ciao
