How To Catch A Honeybee Swarm In Seconds / Natural Beekeeping, from tree to hive in one move!

Catching swarms is a great way to raise honeybees and add to your apiary's genetic diversity. Maddy and Tim Harland from Permaculture Magazine show how you don't need a skep or a cardboard box, you can shake the swarm straight into a nuc hive, creating minimum disturbance. No smoke or handling required, we shook the tree once and then let the bees follow their Queen into the safety of a darkened hive box. You can tell she is inside the hive by the behaviour of the bees. Watch the video and find out why!

Afterwards, don't feed the swarm, wait 3 days for them to deposit all their honey into the new comb and prevent the spread of disease. Also don't add more frames as soon as the bees are inside. You can spook them and they could abscond. Wait until they have started drawing out comb and add the remaining frames to the nuc to fill the box later in the evening or the next morning. They are less likely to leave.

Another piece of advice: Don't add the swarm to the apiary immediately. Place in 'quarantine' until you know they are a healthy colony. Once you are happy you have a free hive of bees for minimal work. Brilliant!

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