Uploaded June 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
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We had some trouble catching this swarm. Every time that we got the bees in a box, they would fly back out because we didn't catch the queen with them.
Honeybees have a strong sense of where their queen is. If you don't manage to capture her when shaking a swarm into a box, then the rest of the swarm will leave with her.
After 4 tries, we managed to get this queen and the bees were successfully taken to a new bee yard.
Comments are very welcome!
Music provided by FJGI and licensed under creative commons.
Blog: bees.chrisinch.com
Twitter: twitter.com/beekeepingon
Facebook: facebook.com/beekeepinginontario
We had some trouble catching this swarm. Every time that we got the bees in a box, they would fly back out because we didn't catch the queen with them.
Honeybees have a strong sense of where their queen is. If you don't manage to capture her when shaking a swarm into a box, then the rest of the swarm will leave with her.
After 4 tries, we managed to get this queen and the bees were successfully taken to a new bee yard.
Comments are very welcome!
Music provided by FJGI and licensed under creative commons.
