So, this last Wednesday, as I arrive home from work The Beekeeper mentions something that several people have tagged him on Facebook on a photo of a swarm of bees that has settled on the ground. I was intrigued as I myself had never seen that before and studied the picture.

As the night wore on, The Beekeeper continued to talk to people about the swarm and as I start getting our son getting settled for bed, he informs he has made arrangements to retrieve the swarm. We discussed it and decided he would go in our little Red Toyota Corolla as our van is currently not acting as reliably as it should. So he packed up his tools, his smoker and a nuc hive box and went on his way.

At the site, the removal was very quick.

The Beekeeper put his gloves on and jacket just in case if the bees were a little angry

scooped 90% up with his hands and put them in the box.

blew a little smoke so that the remaining bees would go in the box and tossed the nuc in the trunk of the car.

Its been two days and as you can see in the picture above the bees like their new home.

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