It started off with me looking out the window to see if there were any bees on our swarm trap. After a few minutes I saw a bee buzzing around and go into the hive. Then I saw a few more. When I called the wife over to check it out, all the bees disappeared and after a few minutes she looked at me and said "Oh right ... lots of bees ha ha ha".
About 15 minutes later I went outside and the activity level started picking up and more and more honey bees were going into our swarm trap. Before long there were 30-40 bees buzzing around the converted Nuc (swarm trap) and then it got to be in the hundreds. Quite exciting. I just couldn't believe it and was over the top overjoyed to be watching this. Fortunately I took some video of our new friends buzzing around.
The next step is to give them a little space and let them get comfortable in their new digs. Then I'll transfer the frames to another hive I have waiting. I'll put them in the new deep box that my mom painted.
What a good day it is !
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