I was called out to the campus to inspect the Wild17 swarm colony. The colony has been bearding on the front entrance for days. The weather has been warmer, but nothing above 85F. The crowding and the temperatures inside must be intolerable for so many bees to be bearding on the front. I decided to simply drop the bee beard into a Nuc box with one frame of resources and one frame of nurse bees with brood and give them a banked queen. The queen was from the WildCA18A queen mother.
