Agape Wilderness Retreat Swarm Trap - Adventures In Beekeeping
Channel: Adventures In Beekeeping
Date: 2021-05-25

The owners of Agape Wilderness Retreat in Bedford, KY let me put a swarm trap in one of their trees out in the woods.  I baited the trap with Lemon Grass Oil.  The trap had 3 fames with foundation and 2 frames without foundation.  

The owners called to let me know there was something in the trap.  We went to see and sure enough there was a swarm of bees in the trap.  We returned on the weekend to pick them up late on a Friday evening.  

The owners met and we talked as it got dark and we packed up the heavy swarm trap for it trip back to the apiary. 

I discovered back at the apiary these bees are super gentle, love to make comb and pack in honey.  The bees built comb on the bottom of the frames.  Not all of the excess comb was salvageable but we were able to get several additional frames of comb from the 5 frame swarm trap.  We ended up putting this swarm into a double stacked 5 frame nuc box.

I want to thank Mark and Susan for allowing me to rescue a swarm of bees from their land.  I hope that I can repay their generosity with some honey from these bees.  Mark and Susan own and operate the Agape Wilderness Retreat Center in Bedford, KY.  If you need to have weekend retreat, a corporate outing or a one day meeting you should check out Agape Wilderness Retreat Center.  For more info visit their web site, https://agapewilderness.com.

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I was not paid and did not receive any compensation for above recommendation to checkout the Agape Wilderness Retreat Center.