To: PCCSSW.MAILER SSW[PCCSSW.MAILER] From: Mihaly [log in to unmask]@FDAORAPAR Subject: Capturing a Swarm Date: Monday, May 1, 1995 at 1:38:51 pm EDT Attach: Certify: N ---------------------------- [Message Follows] --------------------------------- Im a small amateur beekeeper and on Saturday one of my hives swarmed. It landed about 12feet high in a neighbors tree. I and a friend of mine got a ladder and I climbed up empty hive in hand to retrieve the swarm. I held the hive under the cluster and with a gloved hand scooped the bulk of it into the box. On the way down I dropped the box. ANGRY BEES EVERYWHERE! I then reassembled the hive with some bees still in it and placed it nearby. The remaining had reformed their cluster on the tree. The next day the bees on the tree moved into the hive with the others,WOW. Two questions is this behavior normal (the bees, not mine) and is there a better way of catching and hiving a swarm? By the way thankx to those who answered my questions re stinging queens and toxic honey. Mihaly,Monroe WA ([log in to unmask])