Little swarm

[rcannon]

A friend found this little swarm in a Honeysuckle bush yesterday. I brought them home this afternoon.
Swarms are not too common this time of year. Not here, anyway.
I dropped them in a nuc with a frame of brood, a frame of honey and some drawn comb. We'll see how they do.

[Jen]

I give a thumbs up that they will do just fine ~ 

[apisbees]

I would suspect it is a cast swarm from a colony that has swarmed itself to death. I may be wrong but if will take 10 days to 2 weeks for the queen to start laying. If she is laying in less than 5 days it is an abscond from a colony that had problems. Watch this one closely as how it reacts and it timing will answers some of the questions as to what and why. Check to see if the queen is laying in 5 days and if not then at the end of 2 weeks. Looking forward to more posts and information on this one.

[rcannon]

Yeah, I'm thinking it was a secondary swarm. I saw the queen yesterday when I put them in the nuc and noticed she looked mighty small. I guess she'd just slimmed down for the trip. I peeked in on them this afternoon, looks like she already plumped up a little.