This was a week old swarm I happened to find out about from my son on facebook from some friends we know and they were the nicest bees yet. They swarmed on me a day later but caught them in a tree near by and they settled down and feeling at home now.
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Cage up that queen to keep them if they do not want to stay. Sweet find on the swarm.
Quote from: AllenF on May 27, 2012, 09:25:37 AM
Cage up that queen to keep them if they do not want to stay. Sweet find on the swarm.
..............or give them some brood.
Nice swarm!
Checked on those beauties yesterday and that queen is laying a good pattern and are a real calm little bunch :)
Congrats, nice catch! I had to cut some bees off a palm frond last year. All went great until the wind picked up a bit.
Scott
duck shared the idea with me to put a queen excluder between the bottom board and the hive body and essentially turn it into a queen includer. It has worked well for both him and I when they seem to be a little swarmy