Multiple Colonies in one Swarm?

[okiequeenbee]

Yesterday, I got called out to get a swarm, and oh WOW what a swarm. There was approximately 2 1/2 ft of bees hanging from a tree, a pile of bees on the ground, and some hanging onto a piece of farm equipment. So I set up my hive with towel in front and shook the bees from the tree onto it. Set a cardboard box over the pile on the ground, and got the vacuum out for the bunch on the farm equipment. I started noticing balls of bees and beeing curious dug into them and found queens in them- which I caged (what else to do?). After 5 hours we loaded up the one hive, vacuum box full of bees and 6 queens. Today, started sorting out what we brought home and found 5 more queens! WHAT IS GOING ON? Somebody take it from here and tell me what you would have or would do.

[RayMarler]

Wow. I've heard that late swarms sometimes have multiple queens. I've had one swarm here this year that had 2 queens. I boxed the swarm as it was and let the bees sort it out. I ended up with only one queen in the box after three days or so.