Yes you guessed it, we have caught another swarm tonight, I still get absolutely fascinated by them. This one was in a hedge on a solitary branch. It was a prime swarm and quite large, you can see from the photos how big it was.
Once we were suited and booted, the branch was cut and then shaken into the box waiting below.
When the bees were safely gathered in the box they were taken to the hive.
Off comes the lid
The box is emptied onto the sheet
And we wait for the bees to walk up the board into their new home
Lots and lots of free bees!
A closer look
Here I am in my new suit, trying to spot the queen, unfortunately I didn't see her so we will wait for a few days and let them settle in their new hive and we will then try and find her when we check all is okay in a few days time.
Here they are making good progress of going into the hive, the queen must be inside now as they are really going in fast.
Extremely happy to have such a prime swarm, we may even get some honey out of this hive this year!! fingers crossed
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