First swarm of the year was caught in my own backyard. WildCA18A colony decided to swarm in my backyard at approximately 10:00am. This despite me splitting them twice in the early spring. The swarm containing at least 10,000 bees went up into the air for about 15 minutes. Then slowly the swarm settled on a Juniper tree back about 50 feet from the hive.
Colony was removed from the tree and put into a Nuc box. The Nuc box was installed on the campus over at the full langstroth hive next to the pond. Queen was captured and put into cage for 24 hour sequestration.
