Nice swarm i captured today in Norwich. Swarm was about 15ft up in the tree. Within an hour of the last photo being taken all the bees apart from a few stragglers had taken up residence in the nuc box. Nice end to the day.
Picked up one for £60 only problem is..... its galvanised but clean as a whistle.... So still not sure if I can use it or not? I do know of a commercial beek who uses one and thinks I'm mad splashing out for another one but this time plastic as stainless steel is a bit beyond my budget.
She has a super with plenty of honey above her (Winter feed) and also I've got fondant in reserve. I am generally astounded at the quick responses I have received thank you all so much.
Morning Guys,
I need some advice …. During a routine inspection at the weekend on a particularly strong colony I found three queen cells one of which was sealed also plenty of drones around. I decided at that point to carry out an artificial swarm following a standard process.
The original queen...