unusual swarm ( for this area )

[rober]

got a swarm call this morning. it was hanging from a limb about 25' up. my 1st reaction was this swarm is HUGE!! but as I got closer I could see that while this was a decent sized swarm they had built several layers of comb complete with brood & honey. if they had stayed there they definitely would not have survived the winter. it's getting kinda' late for swarms around here but this was my 3rd call in 4 days. if things go well I could build up to 12 hives this year.

[Joe D]

Good going.  Did you get the comb and put it in the hive.  Good luck with you bees




Joe

[rober]

we had a 24' ladder & it was 18" shy of being long enough. luckily there was an almost flat roofed shed there so we put the ladder on the roof. they're in a hive now.

[RHBee]

Hey rober,
I've collected two colonies like that. I've simply refered to them as "open air". I guessed that they were a swarm that couldn't find any suitable hollow so they just built on the limb.
Ray