How To Lure Bees Into A Hive

BEEKEEPERSTIPS.COM

For many of us, we start beekeeping wondering how to lure bees into a hive? Here we look at how to attract bees to a hive.

Attracting bee swarms is easy if we work on this very simple principle. You are the landlord and you have a property.

How To Lure Bees Into A Hive?

Yellow Leaf
Green Leaf
Wavy Line
Squiggly Line

Anybody in real estate will always tell you this. If you want to get tenants, make sure your property is in the right place.

Location Location Location

Off-white Section Separator
Yellow Leaf
Yellow Leaf
Green Leaf
Squiggly Line

We have looked at the events that lead up to queen rearing and how this can cause a swarm. If a beekeeper nearby, or even you, did not get this stuff right, there will be a swarm floating around.

When A Swarm Leaves Its Hive

Off-white Section Separator

Cluster On A Bush Near Mother Hive

When bees leave a hive as a swarm, they will pour out of the hive and the queen will fly out too. They will mill around for a while, and then they move to a spot

Off-white Section Separator

Leaving – Fast

They will regroup here. At this stage, bees do not normally scout for a new hive. If there is a very strong honey flow they will. But normally they will fly away around midday the next day

When they have flown far enough, they will suddenly slow down, and just zoom onto a tree branch, or into a shrub. They will hang here for the night and the next day scouting begins.

Settling

Off-white Section Separator
Yellow Leaf
Off-white Section Separator

Scouting For Food

Some bees wake up early and go out and find flowers. This gives them an indication of the suitability of the new area.

Banner With Dots

ADVICE

If you place a nucleus box at a height of at least 20 foot off the ground on a tall tree near a strong honey flow where there are bees in the area you will not be disappointed.

BEEKEEPERSTIPS.COM

Yellow Leaf

For more tips and articles, visit: