Graining two new to me cows and one baby I have in my lot today when I walked by a blackberry bush beside the loading chute and thought dern them bees are tearing that up. Looked up and found a football sized swarm in the briars. Long story short the bees that flew off the swarm when they got "shook" into the brooder will they find the hive even though I moved it approx. 500 yards from where the swarm was found?
First swarm capture happened two summers ago with swarm catch and a brooder.
probably. they will find some hive :-)
they have to bring appeasement gifts to whatever hive they want to belong to, or the guards will think they are robbing.