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1. My dad was a beekeeper and we used to capture swarms

Sun May 17, 2015, 08:28 AM

May 2015

We never used the bee suits. We would just burn a burlap bag underneath and wait till they were good and smoked before taking them.

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I'm anxious to see what happened to Friday's bee swarm [View all] GreatGazoo May 2015 OP

My dad was a beekeeper and we used to capture swarms Major Nikon May 2015 #1

our farm owner has develop an allergy so is being more careful GreatGazoo May 2015 #2

We would put a cardboard box underneath Major Nikon May 2015 #3

I use a plastic trash can under the swarm randr May 2015 #4

Sure can, lots of sources on line randr May 2015 #6