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Caught another swarm in my yard.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Dn7bkRe7aVz8f5Py6

I just caught this swarm in my empty swarm box. I usually catch several swarms with it each year. I put 20 medium frames in this set up (notice the bottom box is a deep). The combs are black as tar. I reduce the entrance and little bit of spray swarm commander on the landing board when it is a warm ...

Wow!
I split a couple of my hives since they had capped or nearly capped queen cells.
With the rain and warm temps this coming week, i agree it will be busy with swarms. I've got some spare equipment ready.

How long did you keep the box on the front of the nuc?
I ended up placing an empty hive back where the org. box was located. Maybe a frame or two of foragers are flying around :-/

I moved a hive using Joe Komperda's method early this morning. Basically, you shut in the the bees in the night before and then early the next morning you place a cardboard box around the front entrance to force the bees to reorient. I must be doing something wrong since most of the foragers are bac...

Nice catch!

I think this week will be busy with such nice weather.

I have a feeling it will be very soon for GBO. My friend south of GBO has many capped queen cells in his hive and plans to use the Demaree method to resolve it.

I'm showing signs of interest in my swarm trap. This coming week is going to be at or near 80. I noticed a couple of queen cups in a couple of my hives yesterday.

My Wife uploaded our label to avery and it was cheaper than most places. You can go through their standard label service and probably save a bit more.
https://www.avery.com/software/design-and-print/

Just sat down with my family outside for lunch and a swarm went into my swarm box 30 feet away from us. Hard to say the size, but it was a nice cloud and a cool experience for the family.
I'll check it and move it in a couple of days.

One of my hives swarmed. Swarm commander and tinging brought them down. Maybe 3 lbs.

First swarm of the season for me. They moved into a dead out hive I planned to clean up this weekend. Next two days are going to be warm and I suspect more swarming will take place.

I'm seeing the bees bringing in bright yellow pollen (like goldenrod color) today. I do not see any Maples blooming in my area of SE GBO.

Turns out it was one of my hives that swarmed.

Nice swarm I caught in my backyard on Thursday. I don't "think" they are from one of my hives.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/6J7RRF8HYb3xGxhp7

That is awesome and great job guys. For the folks on this forum these hives allow GCBA to use the Extension office for our monthly meetings and Christmas parties for little to no cost. Thank you for all the hard work to get this done and help maintain them!

I spoke to John today and he still has 10 frame deep, medium, and shallow hive bodies, some frames(drawn) that are still available.

My swarm box caught another swarm. Not sure of the size but look forward to finding out here in a couple of days. This is the second one for me this year.

That's really interesting. I have a swarm box that captures at least 1 swarm each year, sometime two. It is a 10 frame medium and a 10 frame deep. I only use medium frames in both. I'm still a new beekeeper and the things I noticed are: -They like old comb -they like solid bottom boards -they like r...