[rtaylor]

I've got 2 bee yards and had a hive swarm today from one which I caught. I don't want to expand my apiary so I feel like I've got 2 options on what to do with this swarm.
1. I caught a super tiny swarm last week that covers about a frame and a half that I could do a newspaper combine with and let the queens fight it out or...
2. I can relocate the bees for a few days and then bring them back and do a newspaper combine with the hive they left.

I am open to all other suggestions that don't include adding more hives to my apiary.

 

[Riverderwent]

Under your parameters, give the swarm away if you can. If not, kill the swarm queen and dump the other bees from the swarm in front of the hive they left.

 

[Gray Goose]

I've got 2 bee yards and had a hive swarm today from one which I caught. I don't want to expand my apiary so I feel like I've got 2 options on what to do with this swarm.
1. I caught a super tiny swarm last week that covers about a frame and a half that I could do a newspaper combine with and let the queens fight it out or...
2. I can relocate the bees for a few days and then bring them back and do a newspaper combine with the hive they left.

I am open to all other suggestions that don't include adding more hives to my apiary.

I would keep it in case you need a queen, put it in a NUC see how the Queen lays. If you like the pattern and the offspring take a less desirable Queen dispatch it and combine. You have a month or so to think about it.

GG

 

[RudyT]

Snelgrove boards (aka double screens) come in handy -- you can keep your hive count constant if you want, while keeping the swarm.