[imthedude]

Just wanted to share a somewhat blurry picture of this beautiful swarm I caught on Saturday afternoon. Chest high on a crabapple in a former beekeeper's backyard....not sure if it could have been any easier than this one.

 

[larrybeach]

Nice, I would like to find a swarm like that. Good looking crabapple also.

 

[G3farms]

Nice swarm! Bet that brightened the former keeps day to see a swarm and another keep get it in the box!

 

[nhoyt]

that is a HUGE swarm or am i wrong.

 

[Vance G]

That is a good sized swarm indeed! Imagine letting that many of your bees fly away because you let them get crowded!

 

[BeeMoose]

I'm sure my first swarm will be 30 plus feet off the ground lol.

Nice pic, thanks for sharing.

 

[odfrank]

Why are mine never that easy?

 

[biggraham610]

Nice swarm, no shaky ladder needed for that one huh..........:lpf:

 

[bdc]

My easiest one was like that. I backed my truck directly under the peach branch it was on and gave it one good shake into a box in the back of the truck one foot below the swarm. The homeowner was grateful AND impressed

 

[imthegrumpyone]

Sure would like to find one like that, no such luck.

 

[Michael Bush]

Beautiful textbook swarm.

 

[imthedude]

this swarm came from a colony living in a cottonwood tree in the homeowner's/former beek's backyard. i'm not sure how long it's been there, but it sounds like a few years. i put a box right under it, perched the box on the ladder, and snipped the branch at her encouragement. seriously could not have been easier, unless they would have swarmed directly into a hive body. i asked her if she was sure she didn't want it (with her being a former beek and all), but she said not with small kids living directly on either side of her. :scratch:

the only thing i had with me at the time was a 5-frame nuc, so i dropped them into that. it's been cold here all week, so i haven't had a chance to move them into a 10-frame deep. hopefully i can do that this weekend, because i'm sure they're getting crowded in that nuc.

 

[Charlie B]

Why are mine never that easy?

You reap what you sow

 

[VodoBaas1]

Hope I can find a swarm like that!!! Good catch!