When i catch swarms I'll place them in an area away from my apiary because of disease and don't feed them for 4 day's. So any chance of them bringing something nasty.

Take your mite check cup and give them a shake. They may be carrying mites on them.

Good on ya. Thanks for sharing, I often feel discouraged when I miss a swarm. This makes me feel better.

That’s some crazy stuff I’ve never seen a swarm move and find a hole to go into. Now that homeowner is going to have to have the wall inside the house cut open after the hive is established.

great thing about a swarm is you can treat it with OA before anything is capped. One treatment and your good. Just wait to see eggs.

Where can I get one of those long hive tools

bee vac? smoke if owner is ok with it to try flush out?

Can you tell me do you have beehives in any other Australia states?

In NSW you must check for Varroa before you move them when you catch a swarm.

If they landed, wouldnt using the beevac be more helpful than scooping them up?

Why didn't you just smoke them out. Before they start making comb

I've heard that if you take two pots and hit them together, the noise makes swarm's freeze and drop to the ground. Have you ever heard of this before?

More than one queen in the swarm?

Better luck next time 🐝🤞💜

you could have sprayed some honeybee gone in there and they might would leave.

Maybee good maybee shit😜

Im not a peson to speak on swarms but when you catch one do what you normaly do as bio security measures. For mites, wait 9 days then treat with OA. No need to mite check, your treating anyway.

What a shame silly ladies

Stay

Randy from @628dirtrooster does cut-outs and swarm catches. I know in the past he has tested the bees he gets from cut-outs and swarm catches for mites. He's in the USA (Mississippi).