Bees in our Cherilata tree.

[StelaG]

We caged the queen and shook the bees into a box with comb and brood. 

[brian]

Wow, you aren't kidding.  Free bees!

[Galatians522]

Congrats! Beautiful tree, by the way. Do you know what rootstock its on?

[StelaG]

Congrats! Beautiful tree, by the way. Do you know what rootstock its on?

Pond apple, but Cherilata grafts easily to most any annona. 

[Galatians522]

I was hoping you would say that! I need to get grafting...

[K-Rimes]

Had they built any comb? Usually by the time they have some comb they’re defensive. Can’t go wrong with free bees tho! I’ve avoided my bees swarming over the last 2 years but know I’ll have one eventually

[Seanny]

Put crushed garlic in a net bag.
Hang bag on a pole.
Put bag next to the swarm.

Bees should all left in an hour.

[StelaG]

Im not sure where the swarm came from but definitely not one of ours.  All our queens are marked and we inspected today and all of our hives are doing well.  No comb formed as they had just landed, Picked up another swarm from a water meter yesterday.  Bees everywhere.  lol

[Swampsquash]

How heavily wld you say the cherilata fruits?

Just planted a cpl and I'm curious what kinda fruit numbers I cld potentially be looking at

[sapote]

Im not sure where the swarm came from but definitely not one of ours.  All our queens are marked and we inspected today and all of our hives are doing well.  No comb formed as they had just landed, Picked up another swarm from a water meter yesterday.  Bees everywhere.  lol

The upper right corner of the second picture: I thought these are new combs and was wondering why this type of bees would build comb outside the “hive”.

[K-Rimes]

Bees will build incredible hives outside of trees, boxes, or holes. As soon as there is even a lick of comb they can become very defensive, especially if there are resources like honey or brood.

[StelaG]

Not sure what that was in that picture but it wasn't comb and not even where the bees were kocated, I was just trying to show the fruits.  Yes bees can build comb on trees or in the open but prefer protected location.
Cherilata produces a lot of flowers and I'm guessing can produce a lot of fruits if you hand pollinate it.  Our tree is only a few years old and we haven't really forced it to hold alot of fruits yet.

[Swampsquash]

Not sure what that was in that picture but it wasn't comb and not even where the bees were kocated, I was just trying to show the fruits.  Yes bees can build comb on trees or in the open but prefer protected location.
Cherilata produces a lot of flowers and I'm guessing can produce a lot of fruits if you hand pollinate it.  Our tree is only a few years old and we haven't really forced it to hold alot of fruits yet.

Awesome, I end up with lots of swarms in mango trees.  I have about 75-100 mating nucs and drone source hives in my yard.  Sometimes I lose a swarm but the orange grove .5 miles away get lots of commerical bees moved in every spring.  Their bees swarm a ton and I think my beeyard attracts them.