We caught a swarm this afternoon that we’re almost certain came from one of our hives. For the night we’ll leave them in the hive (two 8 frame medium boxes) in the location where we caught the which is about 50 yards from our bee yard. We did add a frame of open brood to the swarm hive to help anchor them there.
We don’t have an easy alternative location to put the hive currently. What are the thoughts on simply putting the captured swarm (in a new box with foundation only) back in our bee yard?
We don’t have an easy alternative location to put the hive currently. What are the thoughts on simply putting the captured swarm (in a new box with foundation only) back in our bee yard?