Our huge swarm, is captured and re-hived!

Our new colony began swarming whilst I was cutting the grass. A huge swarm collects at the top of a nearby tree and we capture it. We then re-hive the colony in a new hive and watch to see if the bees enter. The bees begin fanning at the entrance, a good sign that the queen is there. Over the next 30 minutes the swarm inhabit the hive. Wht does it always happen to us eh? LOL.

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[robomantis]

I want to keep bees and the fear of swarms scaring the neighbors is stopping me. What could i do?

[s1urpster]

robomantis - If you get some bees, you can prevent them from swarming by inspecting them regularly and carying outthe 'artificial swarm' proedure. This is explained in good bee keeping books, such as, 'Bees at the bottom of the garden', by Alan Campion. This requires having another empty hive though.

When bees are swarming they tend not to be aggressive and are easy to capture.

[TheRealDealinlife]

I have never seen them in that lind of tree before!

[starshock01]

lol this is why i keep my hive in a tree...sorta where it belongs

[robomantis]

You're talking about nucs right? What happens if you don't want multiple hives? Do you just sell the nuc after its started?

[sirgas321]

when chasing swarm create huge noice and swarm wil stop and get dows to a groud ;)

[GarryGyounker]

Nicely done folks - GOOD JOB

[workingfolk]

Bees will swarm because it is their natural inclination to reproduce by creating new colonies. There are various methods of preventing swarming, the easiest being adding more frames for the queen to lay brood in.

Near the end of the video, at about 7:45, it looks like foragers are already bringing pollen into the new hive. I guess the swarm stayed?

Thanks for posting.

[davidnordin]

One thing to keep in mind when you get a swarm is that there usually was a reason for swarming to begin with.

The old queen might be weak etc.

Other than that it might be a variety more prone to swarming (carnica etc).

However, now you got two hives :)

[Tickets825]

Interresting video