Absconding bees from Apidea
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beejazz
Fs, it should go Ok, these bees are pussie cats, which helps? I'll put her into a cage, don't know how, as I can't pick up queens! I have a queen pipe thingy, so the plan is to put it over her, wait until she walks up and then present the cage for her to walk into.
Jon described using one of these crack pipes recently ... she's unlikely to just march in. Gently place it over her with the spout pointing upwards ... if and when she walks up into it lift it off the frame and quickly place your thumb over the entrance. Some walk up the sloping tube promptly ... other play silly buggers. Don't push the bowl of the pipe too hard against the comb and don't trap her legs under the lip.
You can get her from the pipe to a cage by gently blowing her down the tube ... put foam into the bowl entrance first!
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Originally Posted by
beejazz
Then put the cage suspended by a cocktail stick over the area from where I took the Q cell?
I'm in two minds whether to tape up the candy, and remove it a few days later, gradual introduction?
Cage with fondant over brood, which is probably where the QC was. It'll do no harm to seal the cage for a couple of days. They'll feed her through the mesh. Ideally use a cage with an area she can't be reached from so she has somewhere to hide if they're aggressive. I'd use JzBz cages but would cover a part of a Butler cage with foil ...