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<blockquote data-quote="AdamD" data-source="post: 9231" data-attributes="member: 173"><p>Bees can be hardy creatures; I collected a swarm this summer that had been there for a number of days including rain and wind from the sea - the weather had turned after they had swarmed - and had obviously failed in their scouting and had now run out of food; they were motionless and some of the bees had already dropped off the cluster onto the soil below. I scooped these up and put them into a box with some bits of fondant in; then knocked the mass of bees into the box which I had placed under the cluster. They hardly moved or murmured. I sploshed some syrup over them, put a lid on and took them away. 24 hours later they were as right as ninepence. It's said here in the UK that you shouldn't feed an unknown swarm for a couple of days to ensure that they use up all the food they have brought with them to reduce the risk of (AFB) disease. It was not a problem with these as they had nothing in the tanks at all when I collected them!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AdamD, post: 9231, member: 173"] Bees can be hardy creatures; I collected a swarm this summer that had been there for a number of days including rain and wind from the sea - the weather had turned after they had swarmed - and had obviously failed in their scouting and had now run out of food; they were motionless and some of the bees had already dropped off the cluster onto the soil below. I scooped these up and put them into a box with some bits of fondant in; then knocked the mass of bees into the box which I had placed under the cluster. They hardly moved or murmured. I sploshed some syrup over them, put a lid on and took them away. 24 hours later they were as right as ninepence. It's said here in the UK that you shouldn't feed an unknown swarm for a couple of days to ensure that they use up all the food they have brought with them to reduce the risk of (AFB) disease. It was not a problem with these as they had nothing in the tanks at all when I collected them! [/QUOTE]
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