I Caught a Swarm!

There was a swarm of bees in one of our trees this morning.

I have a feeling one of my hives is responsible for this because I saw several supercedure cells on my last hive inspection.

At least they landed on the lowest branch of the tree so they were very easy to capture.  I could either start a new hive with them or find another beekeeper who might be interested in it.  Since I didn't have any extra hives ready, my beekeeping mentor found someone who wanted it.

 So I just opened up my nifty beekeeping tool box, which doubles as a swarm catcher, and gave the branch a good couple of shakes over the box.

And in they went.  They are off to their new home this evening!