First Time Catching a Swarm of Bees... Now What?

[@LeeLee86]

Next time try just shaking them straight into the box with a couple frames! Good job Jim!! ❤️

[@edcoffin3514]

Ditch the Adrian name on this one,,, let's call it the Porcupine swarm hive😎😎😎

[@ruthannjones5873]

Add a comb of brood from one of your other hives. The brood pheromones make them want to stay.

[@gardentrains22]

Just witnessed my first swarm. It took me three attempts before capturing. I literally chased them down the block. What an amazing sight as they swarmed. So cool. Thanks for all the videos. 8-)

[@weasleoop]

Congrats Vino on the swarm. I lost a swarm this year. But made some splits. Yes the virgin queen should be with the bees that stayed.

[@tristanhagerty2006]

I’ve spent the day making swarm traps after collecting my first swarm around a month ago. Keep up the good work Mr Vino Farm Guy, all the best from here in England

[@Breechan112]

That hive really wanted to swarm! No matter how you split it lol

[@kwell88]

Awesome. That's where my swarms usually form. In the low fruit trees in front of the hives. My friend had a swarm form this week. She didn't know what was happening. They where all in the air and then went back into the hive. There was a small fistfull of bees 5' in front of the hive on the grass. They later left. She thought maybe one was the queen but wasn't sure. She's kinda new to beekeeping. So after work I searched the grass and found the queen! She couldn't fly cause of a torn or clipped wing. Lucky! I pulled two frames of bees and left frames with cells in the mother colony. I guess it's true. you can never expect what bees will do all the time.

[@Keith-xc9wf]

OMG that was awesome! Interesting that they don't move at all when they are clustered together in a ball...like they are asleep or mesmerized.

[@jwbarker81]

Caught my first queened swarm for the first time this pas weekend too! They were in a water meter in an urban setting.

[@labella9291]

I have seen other beeks spray the swarm with sugar water to help keep them from flying when they get shook into a box. And woot for Balboa line queens!! I love that line.

[@MmmmmmCoffee]

La Bella I thought Adrian was Balboa line, but I was looking for someone to confirm it! All hail Balboa, Queen of Queens! ❤️

[@jmeilhan]

Fit a queen excluder under the brood box for a few days until the queen start laying again or they may swarm again.

[@vinofarm]

Three days now and they're still there. Hmm...

[@julieenslow5915]

She may not be mated. That would be a problem if she needs to go out on mating flights.

[@jmeilhan]

@@vinofarm Fingers crossed good luck

[@jmeilhan]

@@julieenslow5915 Yes maybe you are right

[@debracasseday4960]

Today is June 22nd 2020. Went outside and heard the roar of my bees, took a look and sure enough they were swarming in a tree just above my oregano patch, appears to be a simple catch, pretty cool when they swarm to an area they are easily caught. Enjoy your videos. Had a couple swarms in May, have no idea where they ended up, all I could do is watch them head down the road and think to myself, go repopulate.

[@catherineyoung3397]

Yes, I still remember our first swarm capture. Very exciting. Well done!!

[@benjamindonaldson3506]

Told you it would make a good video. Nice job catching it, I found it surprisingly fun when I caught my first swarm a few months ago.

[@SecretPurpleQ]

Good job. You handled this really well. Keep on doin what chu do.

[@themerrigans2734]

My son got into bees several years ago and half his hive swarmed to a neighbors tree. He enjoyed the experience retrieving them, kind of exciting.

[@toska5466]

lol you always make me laugh. love the channel

[@andrewc7369]

Great video. Good to see your wee man getting into the beekeeping too.

[@vinofarm]

I tried to get him to touch the swarm but he kept his distance. He’s still a bit cautious, but very much interested!

[@claytoneads6842]

Congrats on your awesome swarm! I put a swarm trap out about 3 months ago and had some scouts. Yesterday while mowing, I saw bees in my hive! I put lemongrass oil & swarm commander in the hive, so maybe I will not hang swarm traps...lol...I also fed & pollen pattied them too...Fingers crossed...:-) P.S. Mine appear to be feral bees.

[@ilsekoerner8523]

First swarm out of a hive is usually the one with the old queen, which would be mated already. You should see eggs pretty soon in that case. Also, the take quite a bit of honey for their journey, so feeding them might not have been necessary, especially if you're in a nectar flow. Good luck with your new colony! Love your videos - watching in Germany!

[@vinofarm]

I had removed the original queen over a week before this swarm. This was a newly emerged queen from a swarm cell.

[@ilsekoerner8523]

@@vinofarm, right. I forgot. Hope she'll have a nice honeymoon 😉.

[@julieenslow5915]

Perfect catch Jim! Well done!

[@WebberAerialImaging]

If you are like us, at a similar latitude, you might not have much pollen coming in. we caught another swarm this week and they will be short the nutrition to be able to build up quickly. In addition to the syrup, I would definitely add pollen sub patties. Incidentally, you needn't suit up for swarm capture. They are not likely to be defensive, when swarming. Fun, isn't it!

[@vinofarm]

Mark Webber We still have a lot of pollen coming in. Our spring flowers are all 3 weeks later than normal. Poppies are just now opening. And there is a second round of dandelions here and there.

[@backyardbeekeepinginsoutha3075]

Dont know if someone has already mentioned it but be on the lookout for after swarms,the hive those bees came from will have more queens and will more than lightly will cast more swarms--congrats on your first swarm catch you wait when your in the middle of a swarm when its happening--so much fun,keep up the good work Jim, regards Grant from from down under.

[@BohemiaBees]

Congratulations! FREE BEES! You should have a few baited swarm traps in a 30-50 yard radius around your yard to catch your swarms and when a feral swarm is attracted to your apiary (which actually happens more often than you would think) Definitely try shaking into a box with a few frames next time, gives them an immediate home. But you made it work so kudos!! Also when you catch the swarm, in addition to feeding, dropping a frame of capped brood (no bees) from another colony will help hold them in their new home. Last, The min you realize you catch a swarm from one of your colonies, while I let them settle in I go back and break into that hive they swarmed out of...almost immediately. Have some extra queen cages ready, because if you get lucky, you may locate the new virgin queen, find your old queen if she wasn't the one that swarmed AND if you are really lucky witness the emergence of other virgin queens right on the spot. I lucky only had one of my 34 colonies swarm out on me this year, and I witnessed it happen as I was doing inspections. I caught the swarm (woohoo colony x2) then I broke the original colony apart, found my mated queen (split her to stop the urge to replace her or a virgin kill her) (colony x3) then heard piping on the virgin that was marching around looking for my queen and the 7 other queen cells that emerged before my eyes. Ended up with Swarm colony, Split colony w/mated, Original colony with virgin (now mated), and 7 additional virgin queens all now mated with splits. From 1 colony that swarmed to 9 colonies...boom!! Talk about a happy accident!!

[@vinofarm]

Amazing. I had already removed the original queen to a nuc. This queen was a virgin I had left in there with a handful of cells. She swarmed and another queen emerged. I then destroyed all the other cells. I had also taken two other swarm cell frames and made nucs before this happened. So, 5 colonies from one. I’m not trying to expand much more than this, so I need to really try to stay on top of the others. Luckily this one was the only really swarmy colony this spring.

[@BohemiaBees]

Vino Farm can never have enough bees. Love these bugs

[@kich6172]

It's almost two years later watching this and I'm so excited for you!. LOL

[@Digger927]

I remember my first swarm capture, it was back in 1995, lol. Wait until you get to see a swarm that will full a bushel basket and takes a double set of deeps to house. I've got a picture around here somewhere of one or you can just go watch the latest Dirtrooster vid to see one. Nice job Jim, you can also just shake them in the hive. If I were going to shake them into a plastic bucket, I'd lay a couple of drawn combs in there. That worked ok but it's fortunate the queen didn't just take flight directly, they can be pretty stubborn. Better watch your other hives, that could be a mated queen coming back from her last mating flight. Sometimes they will draw enough bees around them that she feels like she needs to land. I had one do that this year then one day I realized my original hive didn't have their new queen who I had seen before she was mated a few days prior. I had two swarms in the pine tree above that hive that I put into new boxes. The new colonies were plugging along doing great but the original three box hive was queenless. I had to give them a frame of eggs from one of the swarm colonies to make a new queen. Those swarms are well fed when they leave the colony (if it's a true swarm), they'll draw out that foundation lickity split. I already put those swarms I boxed into nucs originally into ten frames and one already has a full honey super and they just got put into their ten frame hive roughly a month ago. I've already had a bit of a honey harvest.

[@LarryLeesBees]

Nice Job! Love the fact you caught a swarm and that it may be an Adrian offspring.!!!

[@nickbowman2537]

Love watching your bee yard grow! Looks like the apples are coming on strong as well!!!

[@rogerjodoin505]

if they were faning, and you could smell the pheromone, prob a mated queen.

[@sylviafoust9545]

Great job catching the swarm! I hope to catch one some day!

[@michaelpisapia]

HOW EXCITING! ...great video!

[@WahabKa]

this is awsome ! make sure you catch the queen (or queens) and cage her otherwise they will just run away again, give them a frame of brood and release the queen on the next day 100% works ^^

[@vinofarm]

I guess I got lucky. They just stayed in the new box after 3 days now... Good tip for next time.

[@peterfletcher8951]

OR you can do what J Meilhan said and slide a queen excluder under the hive body and then she gets to start laying eggs at her earliest opportunity.

[@julieenslow5915]

@@peterfletcher8951 But he said he thought the queen a virgin. If a virgin can get through the queen excluder - and some (not all) can I am told, she might not be able to get back in the hive once mated.

[@WahabKa]

sometimes they stay sometimes they reswarm, but id rather not gamble it. bees never abandon their queen or their brood so give them one of those two in the box and they will stay guarenteed, im really happy for you man. swarming for me is a fascinating event i never get enouth of it ^^

[@peterfletcher8951]

@@julieenslow5915 TOTALLY good point.

[@Labeeman]

It is best to move the swarm to another yard as it may leave to there home they were scouting before they left the original hive. Another thing is to put a frame of open brood in the swarm to keep them from leaving. A virgin swarm is small compared to a old Queen swarm.

[@vinofarm]

Charles Harper I don’t have another yard to go to. They’re staying put for now. As far as size of swarm, this was about 2/3 of the bees in the box. It’s larger than some of my other full colonies!

[@Labeeman]

@@vinofarm You can take them home for a few days then bring them back unless you live in an apartment. When a swarm issues in a yard of bees it will collect bees from the other colonies in the frenzy.

[@Les0613]

Congratulations. Next thrill will be watching them swarm out of the hive, it is awesome. I agree with Ruth Ann, get a couple frames of brood in the box. This encourages them to stay, otherwise, they could leave.

[@lkmary1]

I've enjoyed watching your bee journey. I'm excited to see what happens with your new hive design.

[@BillJutz]

Nice video. It's always exciting catching swarms, I caught 6 swarms in March. Out of the 6, I have 2 hives that have mated queens and didn't abscond. My only recommendations are; 1. to make sure they have enough space as that was a big swarm and 2. don't disturb them for at least 10 days as that's about how long it takes the queen to mate and start laying.

[@LaynieFingers]

I'd never seen a swarm until last summer. I saw two within a week! One was at my husband's job, in a young tree, and we took lots of video and photographs. Then a couple of days later a swarm decided to set up inside my mom's guest room wall! Really strange...

[@OmNomPretzel]

Your excitement was pretty contagious 😂

[@selinesbeau]

If that hive reaches the naming stage, I suggest The Escapists.

[@sissydewoody8717]

Or maybe VOYAGERS or PIONEERS ?

[@mikeries8549]

Hey...if you go find out which one swarmed you can split it several ways. Queen cells galore. Queen castle? If so...load it up. That's what u do next

[@Diypics]

What a satisfying shake!

[@vinofarm]

DIYMarta It had to weigh 8-10 pounds. I was expecting something much lighter!

[@doc3toes]

So much fun! I caught my first 3 swarms this year on Vancouver Island, Canada. Up until then i had never even seen a swarm. Videos on my channel.

[@Nadesican]

You should probably consider setting up a swarm trap or two in areas like this. By making a more ideal spot, you'll have more control over where your swarms head off to.

[@vinofarm]

Nadesican Good idea. I have a trap in the woods a couple hundred yards away, but nothing that close.

[@18Bees]

Always a beautiful thing catching a swarm. :)

[@attheflattrackraces4662]

I just caught my first swarm in a old hive box i put in a tree. I'm guessing all I need to do is resituate it and place a feeder in it. Pretty exciting.

[@mikeschickensandgarden3370]

Congratulations on catching the swarm. Hopefully I can get to my hive this weekend and do some major checkerboarding

[@hazelhazelton1346]

Sometimes you get swarms like beads on a string. The hive have a bunch of swarm cells made, the first new queen pipes and the mother swarms. A few days later, another queen starts piping, and the first virgin swarms. Rinse and repeat. You can get four or five swarms in the same number of days from the same hive like that, it's frustrating.

[@julieenslow5915]

OK so lesson here is, remove the extra swarm cells if you miss the prime swarm?

[@hazelhazelton1346]

Yes. Normally the hive will do it themselves, but not always. Even better, though, try to avoid swarms entirely. Replace queens every other year. Split hives that you notice are planning to swarm and put those queens on the short replacement list however young they are. Lastly, breed queens from strong hives that show the least tendency to swarm.

[@julieenslow5915]

@@hazelhazelton1346 But then we wouldn't have had this nice video! LOL

[@hazelhazelton1346]

@@julieenslow5915 Sure we would, just maybe later. :p

[@julieenslow5915]

@@hazelhazelton1346 LOL

[@sporkintheeye]

You're lucky. I've trapped a few swarms, but my first swarm "I caused" (this year) didn't go to a 8ft tall tree. They were 40-something feet in the air. (But... I still got them!) I have also gone way harder on "piling on grass". When I've moved a hive, I piled so many branches on the hive that I couldn't see it any longer. That may have been overkill on my part, but I was trying to emulate "your bee tree fell over and it looks different now."

[@piedolo]

A swarm doesn't have orientation, so if you catch it and place in position the same night you don't have to worry about that. They will reorientate anyway. Instead of feeding, if there is nectar flow you might want to add a super. Swarm's bees are full of honey, they will fill the super right away.

[@charliewoodstock3604]

Nice. At 1:29 you can see the queen bottom right near the lip of the bin!

[@lialos]

Congratulations!

[@MsrKSDisque]

Congrats!

[@nancynolton6079]

Adding a frame of open brood generally helps to "lock" the bees to the new hive. When shaking a swarm you might try a large sheet/tarp under the swarm with the hive set up with an extra body and frames (and one of brood) in the bottom box. Then when you shake the swarm and if the queen doesn't make it into the box you can look for her easier than if she is crawling down in the grass somewhere. Also if bees collect in the tree (or where ever) again you can reshake. Keep your queen clip handy.

[@vinofarm]

Nancy Nolton Great tips!

[@thenotsurechannel7630]

From what I understand... generally a swarm has the original queen from the colony, leaving the virgin queen in the box they just left. Then the virgin queen flies off to mate a few days after emerging from the queen cell. Heck... I just had to requeen the hive I have my Flow super on... since it got started as a swarm. There was a hatched queen cell in the brood box, but no queen or eggs at all. The new queen never came back, and the last of the capped brood was almost all hatched out. It's been since Monday when I requeened. So tomorrow, I'm off to check to see if she's been released from the cage.

[@vinofarm]

I removed the original queen from this hive a little more than a week before this. This was a newly emerged queen from one of the original queen's swarm cells.

[@billb.2673]

I really enjoyed this one. The look of excitement on your face was priceless. I have what is probably a dumb question....If after all that you didn’t snatch the queen, would she have followed the majority into the new hive? Or do the workers always follow the queen?

[@julieenslow5915]

The bees go where the queen is. They do have scouts to direct a swarm - but once the queen is in the air - they follow her. I have no idea how the scouts tell her where they have found their new hive location - but they do seem to all get there. Eventually. Usually they leave the hive and locate a place to cluster. Then they stay there a bit - maybe even a day or two - until scouts have their new location and then they all leave and go there. That's the normal plan anyway - once they are in the air, things can happen to change what they do.

[@Dwamak]

Congratulations Jim.

[@DreamofaHive]

Nice Job :) There was piping in one of the hives in one of your recent videos ...which usually means more than one queen - not all queens run around and dispatch other virgin queens (very silly of them not to read the books) so you may find that hive swarms again (cast swarms) if there were younger queen cells. Are you still checking your bait hive in the tree?

[@mosquitoswat1]

Whoop-whoop!!! Great work!

[@AndrisS95]

If you took out the old queen then yes its a virgin queen for sure, virgin queens only mate after they swarm from mother hive and find a new place, its a risky time for her there is a chance of not comming back, lots of factors. So in that mating flight one thing to do in enhancing her chances of comming back to the right spot, what i usally do is put some branches with leaves (just like landmark) next to swarm hive, so if virgin queen does come back she dosent mix her hive with another one, by the way congratulations on your first swarm!

[@julieenslow5915]

Great tip, thank you.

[@BESHYSBEES]

Are you talking about secondary swarms? I’ve not heard of virgins taking swarm bees before mating (different pheromones)

[@julieenslow5915]

@@BESHYSBEES Now you have. It seems THIS swarm was a virgin swarm. If a hive is set to swarm, I guess this is what happens.

[@BESHYSBEES]

Julie Enslow I’ll be looking into it as it doesn’t seem right

[@julieenslow5915]

@@BESHYSBEES Fair enough. Do report back if you don't mind.

[@luoarnamsk]

Awesome man!

[@thecynic807]

You could set out swarm catchers with lemon grass essential oil in a plastic thingy that can emit the smell

[@kenblew2625]

Awesome Vino Farm, Thanks for sharing your videos (and time)! We also caught our bees swarming about 30' from the old hive (new in march 2019) last weekend but, were lucky to see the old queen. I say "old" we had her for 82 days(:. Now she's in a 2 deep/6 frame box(s) with 6 or 7 lbs of bees. We stole a few frames (honey, partial capped brood/honey, open larvae/eggs and capped brood) with no queen cells from her old box. Should we be feeding and how long until we put them into a regular 8 frame box? I'm a first year Beekeeper and now I'm a swarm catcher (:

[@wortel79]

Well done and congats with the capture of your first swarm, I caught 3 swarms yesterday, but it still is exciting. A tip, spray them with water before you shake them so they don't fly when you shake them in the box, and you don't have to feed them because they take food for 3 days with them. Is this from the hive where you left a capped queencell in when there was another one hatched, if so, that is likely the reason they swarmed. Love your channel, cheers from the Netherlands.

[@mariwillalwaysgivethanks]

And he didn't use gloves! I love BEES!🐝

[@cornbreadbees5385]

Cool video what is the insulation board under the hives for. Thanks

[@SkyUchihaxX]

good god that's bloody terrifying. As someone who's extremely allergic to bees but yet fascinated by them, good job.

[@konzetsu6068]

Contrary to what one would think, the bees are the most docile when they’re swarming. He had a golden opportunity to just run his hand through the cluster for an very curious sensation.

[@vinofarm]

Konzetsu I did feel the swarm, but didn’t get video of it.

[@SkyUchihaxX]

@@vinofarm Why do they swarm in the first place?

[@darkart-mr8wu]

Looking forward to the update video. I 💘bee"s

[@geminiwriter8875]

They’re just like ‘yo! So..... I know what it looks like.... but can we come back?

[@hopefulfarmsporthrs]

So I have been told that the next hive that swarms likely will swarm to the same branch on the same tree due to the lingering scents. I will be curious to know if this happens for you in the future!

[@monkey9980]

I could be wrong but from what I have read (yes newbie) the old queen is the one that goes with the swarm and the remaining bees rear the new virgin queen. Please anyone please correct if I am wrong in my statement. Either way great job with your vids! I've loved watching all of them.

[@ireneshaw4588]

So so helpful!!!!!!!

[@vinofarm]

Glad it was helpful!

[@CharlesGinzel]

So Jim, now you now why you want to reduce the number of swarm cells you leave in a large hive :) you can see how many bees you will lose with one swarming and the more cells there are, the more times a hive may swarm. typically the existing queen leaves with the first "prime or primary" swarm and that is usually the largest. and then that continues with each newly hatched queen. the remaining bees decide whether to make that queen swarm or let her take over killing any remaining queen cells. also, if you don't have one, look at getting a "queen clip". it's very handy for swarm captures. when you had them all in the bucket, that would have been a great time to really look and then cage the queen with one of these clips. then rubberband her to a frame and that will help ensure the swarm stays with the hive box you place them into... the same technique is used for cutouts. if you do some youtube searches you'll find several good examples. the best is JP the bee man and his cohorts. of course i am biased since he lives here in new orleans too :)

[@vinofarm]

It's all a learning experience. I read thousands and thousands of comments and everything kind of turns to soup. Once I experience something, those comments all make sense. Thanks.

[@CharlesGinzel]

​@@vinofarm yep! and you can get so many differing points of view too. so you have to distill all of the wisdom into what makes sense for your own practice. i hope these stay! you are quickly massing a formidable bee yard!

[@bryanroberts]

That's a need deal.. Most of the swarms I have dealt with have had mated queens with them.. I have seen virgins with the swarm but they are usually killed once laying starts. I have not had a virgin only swarm before... cool!!

[@bradleyspringfield2135]

KZbin is not doing your channel justice you should have a million subs by now.

[@vinofarm]

I totally agree. Tell your friends.

[@NewEnglandgardening]

I just caught two swarms at the same time in my backyard. You should put some bait hives around your farm to catch your swarms. 628DirtRooster Bees, Jeff Horchoff Bees and JPthebeeman are great channels on info about catching swarms.

[@cyrusf.4039]

Now that you have broodless bees this is an ideal time to treat with a Oxalic Acid vapourizer.

[@vinofarm]

Cyrus Farivar If only I had one.

[@cyrusf.4039]

I got mine from www.heilysertechnology.com/vaporizer.html . It’s a great treatment for broodless bees ie swarms and in the fall. It manages to get near %100 of phoretic mites. Worth buying. Cyrus Really enjoying your successes with your bees. Have you ever done a blog on treatment? or did I miss it? Keep up the great work.

[@larrytornetta9764]

Powdered sugar dusting

[@dougvogt8058]

I'm glad to see you using a tote to catch the swarm. I've seen people do all kinds of crazy gymnastics, trying to get the swarm directly into a hive box. it's especially crazy up high in a tree. My preferred method is a trash can, with a good handle that you can hold with one hand, and a good lid to slap on and seal them in. Easy to travel with. Then I just dump them into the hive body when I get them home. If you're ever around when the swarm is leaving the hive, it's an amazing event. Bees EVERYWHERE.

[@jman414999]

1st one good for you, love that smell. Nice size to, great job

[@T289c]

Lucky you, no need for a ladder to get your bees out of the tree! Now that you know the tree the bees swarm to, that is where you should put your swarm trap every year. My bees swarmed twice last year and both went into the same tree, the smell is there. It's likely the virgin is in the original hive. Check both to see what the queen looks like in each One thing about a Virgin that swarms out, they don't like to go back to the same bee yard they came from, it's a genetics thing. They try to get away from possible inbreeding. One way to keep the swarm from leaving the box you put them in is to add a Frame of Brood. They are less likely to leave.

[@joshuaa2016]

Hi Jim, Great video as always!! would love to get your opinion please: (everyone is welcome to HELP and leave some opinions as well) I am a NEW beekeeper, caught my firs swarm 34 days ago!! Did an inspection today, and I can swear I heard piping queen which is amazing to hear but the problem is there's plenty of space to draw more comb, tons of eggs and same big queen, didn't see any queen cells or new queen (hindsight, probably poor inspection by me), and very uncharacteristically angry bees (made me fully gear up, which I never done before). Would love to know your thoughts on the matter, and what you think should I do!! THANKS again for your great and very helpful videos! Love everyone of them!

[@jennyhemfjell8876]

i dont have bees (would love to). i have seen a toon of bee vids here on utube. if i had bes and could not find the queen. i think i would putt to frames in diffrent bokses while inspeckting them. then maybe i would hear the bees change the tone in the boxes i put the frames temerary,. but thats just my thinkng.

[@joshuaa2016]

@@jennyhemfjell8876 thanks alot for your reply! The thing is that I did see my old queen, but I am kinda trying to figure out what's going on in the hive and what to do about it)) P.S you should really get into beekeeping it's amazing!!

[@Les0613]

Did you see any emergency or supercedure cells in the hive? A virgin queen can pipe while in the cell. Take your time and do a good inspection. Could be your old queen is failing.

[@joshuaa2016]

@@Les0613 Didn't notice any Q. cells, need to inspect again. How can I tell if the queen is failing? she laid a lot of eggs, but not in the hatched worker cells (which hatched almost 2 weeks ago) she prefer new cells for some reason. Also when can I go in again? If I opened the hive on thursday. Thanks ALOT

[@julieenslow5915]

@@joshuaa2016 Queens frequently prefer new cells. They will lay eggs in a frame that has foundation, before the walls have been raised enough to shelter the egg, which absolutely gets the hive jumping to finish the frame pronto! My only guess is they can just lay more eggs that way, don't have to fit their large abdomen into the cell! Very old comb is very dark, of course from what the emerging bee leaves behind (paper thin encasement the larva pupates in). This over time makes the cell slightly smaller - which is another reason the queen prefers new cells.

[@alexisentonfire]

yard looks great! whats in bloom?

[@vinofarm]

Clover, Yarrow, tons of yellow and orange field flowers I don't know the name of. Lots of clover right now. Milkweed is about a week away.

[@josephkamunyu670]

Adrian's Prison Break

[@sheikfrankicechibu1827]

spectacular !

[@bachkip]

🥰🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝Thank you...

[@crazy9nic]

I always think are you squashing thebees whe. You put the frames in?

[@sandfishinginthesouthwest8675]

How far from the tree they swarmed in did you put the hive? I ask because I want to bait a swarm in a tree in my yard and move them 30 yards to my roof.

[@vinofarm]

Once they’re in the box, you can move them anywhere. This tree and my bee yard are about 20yards away.

[@JPsChanel]

Congratulations I’m happy for you

[@MohamedUAE]

Sorry if am catching this late, well you were suppose to bring a beehive with two frames, one honey and the second open brood and then shake the clustered swarm into the box, by doing so, you 'ain't gonna have any issues at all my friend .

[@bluzervic]

If you got old frames, use them, they like it

[@sevenswords8781]

I got a swarm from my neighbors electric box.... I have them in a hive but not sure what to do next, will they stay if I open the box?

[@cluelessbeekeeping1322]

ADD ONE FRAME OF OPEN BROOD TO THE BOX YOU'RE PUTTING THEM IN!! This greatly decreases the chances of them absconding. Also, use an old box vs. new box.

[@Grey159]

Congrats on catching those girls before they left! Perhaps you’ve mentioned this before, but what kind of veil is that? I’m in the market for a new one and you seem to have a much easier time than I do with mine.

[@jonahbrame7874]

Links to the bee gear he uses are in the description of the video my friend.

[@vinofarm]

There are two in this video. Both are “square veils”. The first one is a zip-on that goes with the vented jacket. The other one is a stand-alone tie-on one. I do have links in the description but google works, too.

[@Grey159]

My mistake! I hardly check the descriptions. Thank you both :)

[@colene77]

Awesome!!!

[@Donovan_J19]

One of my hives swarmed to a trailer just a few feet away from the hive. Them queens can't fly very far

[@tyatwell35]

I'm really curious if you got stung at all. My first swarm I got stung more than five times less then ten and ten minutes later I was in an ambulance. I'll wear gloves next time.

[@001jacksun65]

I just caught my first swarm and it wasn't from my hives yeah!!! Tried to get them in a 5 frame nuc wouldn't fit had to get a full 10 frame deep

[@80211Denver]

Hilarious I caught my first swarm 6 weeks or so ago after watching a guy catch his and had the same question.... I have them all in a box, now what????

[@myname5713]

great fun isn't it? I caught 4 this year like that

[@jpthedelawarebeeman6239]

Nice going on the swarm catch Jim. By the way swarms are usually gorged and will build comb like crazy. Don't be surprised if they don't take sugar syrup at first.