Swarm Traps and Bait Hives

The Easy Way to Get Bees for Free

De: McCartney M. Taylor

Narrado por: McCartney Taylor

The definitive guide to catching free bees using swarm traps and bait hives. A comprehensive how-to for beekeepers.

Based on the fact that bees will occupy a cavity of about 40 liters, a swarm trap is made to create the ideal space for a wild swarm to occupy. This way the bees come to the beekeeper so that the beekeeper doesn't have to go hunt swarms.

Some Chapters:

• Why Trap Swarms?
• Trees
• Biology of Swarming
• Swarm Names
• History
• Alternatives to Traps - Catching Swarms
• Building a Swarm Trap - The Hanging Box Type
• Baiting a Swarm Trap
• A Note for Non-Beekeepers
• Times for Swarms
• Safety
• Using GPS
• Legality
• Disease
• Location
• Expectations
• All Good Things Must End

©2011 McCartney Taylor (P)2013 McCartney Taylor

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Very well done it covers all the information also gives you Web site's to use

Fun and informative!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Interested in Bee keeping? When the narration began, my first thought was...ugh, boring narrative! But soon my husband and I were riveted. Amidst the importation of lots of info about the subject, the narrator often interjected notes of humor, unexpected and refreshing. Not just a listing of fact and opinion, the author obviously enjoys his subject and sharing his knowledge with others.

loved it

Absolutely fantastic book loved it Highly highly recommend Anything about swarm traps this is your book

Useful. Informative. Easy on the Ears.

Well worth the purchase. Nicely read. Well written. Excellent information and instructions. Includes other book references. Thank you!

Useful information.

Very informative, practical and straight forward. If you follow their guidelines you will be successful. Be safe and know you are helping the planet by this hobby.

Very exciting!

Great book! I cant wait to get started catching swarms. The book was very informative and encouraging to a bait hive virgin such as myself. Highly recommend this book to anyone who wants free bees.

love

New bee keeper. great info on how to catch wild bees. easy short understandable funny

Good info!

Great info on swarm traps! Very useful if you plan on beekeeping and catching your own bees.

Buy but don’t use a credit

It’s too short to use a credit but well worth the cash price. Lots of good information. I like his take on safety. Good performance for an author.

For the bee enthusiast

Loved it! But I read it a day too late.
My nuc I bought in April, apparently had a very active Queen and decided to swarm and leave, yesterday.

who knew, a 2 month old Nuc could get that big, that quickly?

It was heartbreaking, and frustrating, as they lighted upon a tree branch that was too high to reach, and we didnt have another hive ready.

If I had read this book a day earlier, I may have saved thousands of bees to establish a new hive.

The book was wonderful with many tips and hacks.