Today's entry is in regards to a honeybee swarm.
Thursday of this week a friend of mine who happens to be a beekeeper got a tip about a swarm of bees. We checked it out and discovered the bees had recently taken up residence in what is called an egg cooler. The bees were very mellow, they were not concerned about us in any way. So their temperment seemed good. We setup our gear and began removing the comb and the bees. The bees made about three deeps worth of frames. There were so many bees. I used a dust bin and brush to collect them and then dumped them into the hive body containing their comb. It took some time to collect the bees with the dustbin but it seemed to go well. We took a couple of breaks during that time to let the bees settle and to cool off since it was so hot. We think we got the queen because more bees were flying over to the hive body and settling on it.
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