Capturing a swarm of 20,000 honey bees

Honey bees swarm to grow their populations. During the spring, the queen lays many eggs to grow their numbers. When the hive becomes crowded, they create queen cells. Once the first queen hatches, she takes over the old hive and the old queen takes half the hive and goes to look for a new place to live. That's how they expand and grow. Since she can't fly far, the queen sets down to rest and the swarm forms around her. That's what you see here.
Swarms go from 10,000-20,000 bees. This is on the larger end so it's likely 15,000-20,000 in number. By the end of the summer, these will get over 50,000 bees in the hive. Honey bee colonies are massive compared to other stinging insects.

[@JasonSetley]

I love your videos thanks 🙏

[@yousoskibbidy]

I don't want the video to get boring.......too late. FYI boring is still fascinating!! I could NOT do what you do. Much props!

[@cutezergling9200]

When a queen is put into a apiary, what prevents the queen from just picking up and leaving instead of housing in the apiary?

[@TheBeeMan]

Nothing really. They reject the hive box sometimes and go somewhere else. That said, I put some honey comb covered with sugar water or honey in there so they know its a good place to live and the vast majority of the time they decide to stay

[@MM-dt9zc]

That’s cool

[@thenoblepixel7586]

That's pretty awesome!

[@christinaavery775]

Thank you! I love watching these videos.