I told my oldest daughter I had a good feeling I would get a swarm today but was apprehensive in leaving the house since I was put in the dog house a couple years ago for a Mother's Day swarm...ha! Well, I got one around 2pm. I couldn't resist myself and sorta felt like I needed to catch one to make up for the swarm miss in my own yard a couple days ago. Never really got over it.
I had to change a tire on her vehicle before I could leave. Grrrr. The swarm was 23 miles away and I was already gun shy about how fast they can leave. I instructed the homeowner to call me if the bees left before I got there. Well, all worked out. Very nice couple. They called the Sheriff's Department about it and in turn, I was contacted. Very nice sized swarm that they believe originated from a large maple in the yard. They took video for me and posted it to my bee Facebook page. I had a heck of time saving it for editing so I just filmed it on playback. Sorry for the quality but at least some video exists.
I started to panic at one point because the bees started to waggle just like the swarm I lost a couple days ago. I quickly placed the lid on and placed a little lemon grass oil at the entrance for insurance. All worked out well and most of them entered the box and off to my bee yard they went.
