On Jun 21, 1:42=A0am, Oderic of ****denone <gleng...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Hail,
> Don't know if this is the right place to ask any of this stuff, and
> thanks in advance for any responses I get.
>
> I am writing a novel, set in Anglo-Saxon Britain, and a swarm of bees
> turn up.
>
> How safe is a swarm of bees? =A0Could someone who had minimal experience
> but a whole lot of luck handle them safely?
>
> My memeory (very rusty) of this is that the sound is quite loud. =A0Is
> it the same pitch as bees normally make, or is it noticably lower? =A0Is
> there a definite smell - something that a lay person would describe as
> a smell of honey?
>
> How difficult is it to get a swarm of bees that has just settled on a
> branch of a tree to move from one place to another?
>
> And I have seen footage of people with bee beards - has anyone here
> got any experience of these, or know where I could find out? =A0What
> does this kind of thing feel like?
>
> Thanks very much in advance.
>
> As an aside, I am a doctor and there is some fascinating stuff about
> honey and wound healing - most people here probably already know about
> it, but if not, it's worth a read.
>
> Brendan Carson
i'v recently started keeping bees again and when i had my first lot of
bees, in the second year they swarmed. this was quite a shock and
being the novice beekeeper that i was, i improvised and tried to place
them in a nuke box, (a small hive used for handling very small
colonies, consists of only a few frames) this worked well as i managed
to get the full cluster into the box, on my first try, although i
think it would have gbeen rather more dangerous should i have mised
the box when i was shaking the swarm from the branch.
so in answer to your questions
1: they are in fact at their most docile state when they are swarming,
this is becouse they will have nearly full honey stoumaghs and are
feeling very drowsy, in the same way you would if you had just eaten 7
honey sandwiches.
2: yes they sound difrent, they have a distinct roar they make when
shaken.
3: they are alright to move when in a box but once setled in a space,
they must be moved either under 3 foot each day or over 3 miles.
4: i have not (yet) experienced having a bee-ard as (apart from them
not having swarmed so far) i am not entirely sure of the temprement of
my new bees (they seem alright) i would imagine it would tickle.
as for your aside, i personaly use honey if i get cut in the hope that
it will have the well known disinfecting property, i havent had any
get infected so far =3D )
hope i'v helped
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