Manage Honey Bee Swarms

Manage Honey Bee Swarms

Prepare to catch a swarm by

- obtaining all equipment required to collect a swarm

off honey bees and confiming that it is in good repairand serviceable for use

- checking personal protective equipment (PPE) forserviceability and wearing it and using it correctly

- idlentifying occupational health and safety (OHS)hazards associated with collecting bee swams andtaking action to deal with them effectively

- observing any site quarantine in effect and any otherbiosecurity protocols

- identifying nisks associated with collecting a swarmof honey bees and taking actions to minimise thelikelihood and consequences of risks

-placing dry drawn frames in the hive box to be usedfor collecting a swarm to ensure that the collectedbees remain in the new hive box

Collect a swarm of honey bees by

-catching the swarm by shaking it into an empty box

- moving the baxed swam to a new location after confiming that the whole swarm has been 

- collected-re-queening the swarm.

Manage swarming behaviour in a honey beecolony by

- monitoring the honey bee colony for signs thatswarming may occur

- identifying risks associated with handling bees that are likely to swarm and taking action to minimise thelikelihood and consequences of risks

- considering a range of control options whereswarming is likely to occur and selecting and implementing the best option

- monitoring the colony to ensure that swarmingbehaviour has been controlled and if necessary,implementing further control options.