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<blockquote data-quote="TexasJerseyMilker" data-source="post: 1848137" data-attributes="member: 42782"><p>I raise every class of animal life here except amphibians.</p><p>Mammals (cattle, horses, dog, husband, pet rats),</p><p>Birds (laying hens),</p><p>Fish (goldfish water trough mosquito control),</p><p>Reptiles (3 baby Alligator lizards overwintering in a terrarium)</p><p>and Insects (honeybees)</p><p></p><p><strong>On April Fools Day </strong>my bees played a trick. 1/2 the hive population left with the queen. This is called swarming and bees do this when they feel too crowded. The migrants hang in a mass, usually a ways off in the top of highest tree but could be on the grill of your truck, while the scouts look for a new place to live. Here is the swarm in a nearby pear tree within reachable height.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]43252[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Fortunately I had an empty new hive to put them in. The swarm branch was cut and carefully placed in the new hive seen in the background. This swarm weighed about 6lbs. That is about 24,000 bees.</p><p>The old hive will create a new queen by feeding chosen larvae Royal Jelly. However emerges first stings the competition to death. Then she flys out and mates with the local riffraff drones, returns and lays fertile eggs. This is how honeybees reproduce in the wild by swarming, usually in the Spring.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasJerseyMilker, post: 1848137, member: 42782"] I raise every class of animal life here except amphibians. Mammals (cattle, horses, dog, husband, pet rats), Birds (laying hens), Fish (goldfish water trough mosquito control), Reptiles (3 baby Alligator lizards overwintering in a terrarium) and Insects (honeybees) [B]On April Fools Day [/B]my bees played a trick. 1/2 the hive population left with the queen. This is called swarming and bees do this when they feel too crowded. The migrants hang in a mass, usually a ways off in the top of highest tree but could be on the grill of your truck, while the scouts look for a new place to live. Here is the swarm in a nearby pear tree within reachable height. [ATTACH type="full" alt="100_2472.JPG"]43252[/ATTACH] Fortunately I had an empty new hive to put them in. The swarm branch was cut and carefully placed in the new hive seen in the background. This swarm weighed about 6lbs. That is about 24,000 bees. The old hive will create a new queen by feeding chosen larvae Royal Jelly. However emerges first stings the competition to death. Then she flys out and mates with the local riffraff drones, returns and lays fertile eggs. This is how honeybees reproduce in the wild by swarming, usually in the Spring. [/QUOTE]
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