So I went out to feed (frame feeder with 2:1 sugar water) the swarm that I caught last Sunday and put into a deep 5-frame nuc box. When I opened the nuc box there was a bunch of bees, but it didnt look as crowded as it did on Sunday nite. Then I looked behind me and a huge ball-o-bees was hanging out on the same limb of the same cherry tree that I collected the swarm in the first place.
Question: Was it the same swarm that left the nuc box and went back to the tree, or was it a brand new swarm from the hive? (I assume the former).
Question: Was it the same swarm that left the nuc box and went back to the tree, or was it a brand new swarm from the hive? (I assume the former).