swarm swarming help

[stephenpug]

Hi I caught a large swarm in my garden last night (not my bees) so i put them in a nuc box this morning they had gone to the same branch in the same tree so i caught them up again and put them into a national brood box with a little drawn out comb (about 3 frames) and some sugar syrup on
Just gone up to have a quick look to see how they are doing in time to see them swarm again and landing/clustering on the fence
What do i do try again with the brood box or just let them bugger off

 

[Rich0909]

You could try a queen excluder under the brood box for 2/3 days.

Rich

 

[stephenpug]

You could try a queen excluder under the brood box for 2/3 days.

Rich

did that she must still be a skinny queen

 

[Rich0909]

If you have another colony that can spare a frame of brood that is supposed to anchor them - it can always be returned later if the swarm is healthy.

Rich

 

[stephenpug]

If you have another colony that can spare a frame of brood that is supposed to anchor them - it can always be returned later if the swarm is healthy.

Rich

Thanks Rich so back on with the bee suit and try again

 

[WingCommander]

Don't know much but did you smoke the swarm sites afterwards to remove the pheromones?

 

[Skyhook]

I see you've given them drawn comb- swarms like to build comb, swap it for foundation.

 

[itma]

put them into a national brood box with a little drawn out comb (about 3 frames) and some sugar syrup on

DON'T feed them syrup on capture.

You are only refuelling them for the next leg of the journey!

 

[itma]

Don't know much but did you smoke the swarm sites afterwards to remove the pheromones?

Smoke is usually advised, but room freshener spray is even better!

 

[stephenpug]

got my bee suit on ready to do battle took the lid off the brood box to dump them in AGAIN but the original swarm were still there so a quick check around my other hives and they are all fine so this was not the swarmed swarm but a new one
This is the 4th swarm i have caught in my garden in under a week so someone must have a very depleted apiary somewhere