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A neighbor called and said she saw a swarm on a fire hydrant so I grabbed my bucket and ran there as fast as I could. I dabbed some lemongrass oil on the bottom of it and they walked in. After about 5 minutes I just scooped the rest in and bam! Free bees! I got the queen on the first scoop too though. Apparently she was a new one because she was piping in there really loudly. This is my first personal swarm catch so honestly I'm not sure if that was supposed to happen or not.
My lovely swarm is doing amazing and already has lots and lots of nectar and pollen storing up! I'm so happy for them~ X3 They are all bundled up in one side of the box, opposite the entrance. Probably because it was a very small swarm that I captured and about this time of day, they are all out foraging. They are also very well tempered. No smoke or suit was used and they all stayed in the box for the most part. I still haven't found the queen, but I can hear SOMETHING going "beep beep beep beep beep" in there every once in a while. I also couldn't get a very good look at the last frame because there were just so many bees on it. I'm going to assume that that is one of the brood frames, and also where the queen is.
