Nice swarm in central NC

drobbins · March 22, 2019, 09:13:44 PM

I would have thought it's a little early
Still some cold weather to come
Nice clump of bees, got em in the box and home

https://youtu.be/5wRiJWAHOc0

MikeyN.C. · March 23, 2019, 09:14:27 AM

Do you know where bees came from?

drobbins · March 23, 2019, 10:18:16 AM

They were in a tree next to a buddy of mines house
I suspect they are from his hives
I took the video with a cellphone and I was to busy to film much
here's a couple of short clips merged together
in the end they all marched in the box so I'm sure we got the queen

https://youtu.be/GpmEHNXpRSQ

Sputnik · March 23, 2019, 10:25:41 AM

Nice catch! Looks like time to keep a deep, veil, and gloves in the truck. I hope you catch several more.

BeeMaster2 · March 23, 2019, 11:00:52 AM

That is one large swarm. I have caught several like that. They start filling honey supers within a month.
Jim Altmiller

drobbins · March 23, 2019, 02:06:09 PM

we trimmed as much foliage away as we could and then slipped a garbage bag over the swarm
snipped the branch loose from the tree and we had em
unfortunately, one piece of foliage my buddy snipped had a blob of bees on it so we had to deal with them all in the air
but no stings

Northernbeek · March 23, 2019, 03:39:14 PM

I caught a swarm to day also
https://youtu.be/h0xzL1ZfVZQ

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hannabee · March 23, 2019, 03:47:08 PM

wow!!!

BeeMaster2 · March 23, 2019, 04:16:09 PM

That is another nice swarm. It looks like it may bee too big for that box.
Jim Altmiller.

CoolBees · March 23, 2019, 04:21:25 PM

Southernbeek - That's a lot of bees. Great catch!

drobbins · March 23, 2019, 06:07:11 PM

Nice catch, looks like it's showtime in North Carolina
Gonna be nice weather tomorrow, time to look through my hives