. I'm a newbie beekeeper and have a question about collecting swarmed bees. I collected a wild swarm today, which was located about 8 feet off the ground in an apple tree. I am 90% sure I got the queen, as I was able to bump/brush most of the bees off the branch into my bucket. After collecting most of the bees, and I was taping up the brood box for the drive home, I noticed that some of the bees that had been flying about while I was doing this had resettled on the branch in a much smaller bunch, but I wasn't too worried about getting these as well.
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Re: After collecting swarm..."extra" bees? (or does this mean I really missed the que
The very same thing is currently happening to me. Two days ago, I had a state trooper telling me a swarm of bees had settled into a man's tree in his front yard. I know the man and called him. I gathered up my equipment and bucket and off I went. I got the largest part of the swarm as I posted two days ago.
Well, this morning, I got a call from the man saying a baseball/tennis ball size cluster of bees had gathered on the same branch. I told him that it was the bees that were airborne as well as the scouts that had been searching for a new home. I am very confident I got the queen.
Personally, I don't want to chase baseball/tennis ball size groups of bees.
Good luck.
The very same thing is currently happening to me. Two days ago, I had a state trooper telling me a swarm of bees had settled into a man's tree in his front yard. I know the man and called him. I gathered up my equipment and bucket and off I went. I got the largest part of the swarm as I posted two days ago.
Well, this morning, I got a call from the man saying a baseball/tennis ball size cluster of bees had gathered on the same branch. I told him that it was the bees that were airborne as well as the scouts that had been searching for a new home. I am very confident I got the queen.
Personally, I don't want to chase baseball/tennis ball size groups of bees.
Good luck.
