[radu43]

I caught my first swarm 2 days ago thursday. That was pretty cool. My question is this. Look at the attached img. maybe 1/2 of the bees never went into the box. What is going on? Is that where the queen is? How do I get them to move in? Do I need to intervene or give them some time. You can see in the image, that I slightly opened the top to make move-in easier, but no luck so far.

 

[JRG13]

Are they right on the entrance? That could be the whole swarm just sitting on the box too or maybe the box wasn't big enough.

 

[Mr.Beeman]

Opening on the right side towards the bottom? If so.... looks like they missed. lol

 

[radu43]

Are they right on the entrance? That could be the whole swarm just sitting on the box too or maybe the box wasn't big enough.

About 2/3 did move in. Box is big enough. Do I just push the issues and force them into the box?

 

[odfrank]

Unmated virgin queen? I had a swarm like that last week that would not move into a box with the entrance touching the bees. It was going to rain for three days so I vac'd it in.