My parents arrived at our house to pick up Paul so we could carpool to Vernal. Just as they finished packing the car, Paul received a phone call letting him know our bees have swarmed.
We knew this was coming. One of our hives was over flowing with bees. They were bearding on the outside of the hive and thousands of bees were on the ground next to the hive.
Paul went out and put another box on top hoping the would go up instead of out.
Well, the box didn’t work. The bees packed up and headed out.
They swarmed from the pasture to the bush in Paul’s parents backyard.
Paul grabbed his bee suit, a hive box, and they all went over to his parents house to gather the swarm.
With a shake, they went into the box. Easy as that 🙂
20,000-25,000 bees?
Their new home. Paul plugged the entrance so they can’t leave. They need to get used to their new home. If the entrance isn’t plugged, they will pick up and fly away again.