First swarm of the year. This one landed about 14’ off the ground. I placed a 5 gallon bucket under the ball of bees and shook the majority off the limb into the bucket. Then poured them into a bee box sitting on my truck. Took about 30 minutes before they settled down.
Yeah I was on a six foot ladder, should’ve used an eight. I placed the bucket so the ball was inside the bucket and then pushed very hard straight up. I dumped that group in the bottom box and then climbed back up to get the ones I missed the first time. I finally cut the limb off.
Moved them to their permanent location before daylight this morning. It was around 50 degrees so they were not flying. This was a huge swarm, close to 4 pounds of bees. $225 worth of bees around here.
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