<div dir="ltr">Just beginning here as well. Good Luck Gary and thank you for the procedure Mark.<div><br></div><div>John</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM Mark J. Sommer <<a href="mailto:msommer@somware.com">msommer@somware.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Punch some breath holes into a cardboard box big enough to hold the swarm. Drop them in there off the branch they’re on. Make sure you get the queen. Leave the box cracked open a bit and let them rest follow the queen in. They will almost all go in. Seal them up so they can’t get out. They can stay there while you get a give box (not more than overnight). Keep them out of the sun and make sure the have ventilation, but can’t escape.<br>
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Give them somewhere fairly far away from your current apiary. The likelihood that they stay nearby the old nest is slim - that’s why they swarmed.<br>
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If you’re using Langston hives, you can get one at Big R. Top bar, you’ll have to find someone to lend or sell you one.<br>
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~Mark<br>
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> On Apr 16, 2025, at 3:31 PM, Gary Looft <<a href="mailto:glooft@mac.com" target="_blank">glooft@mac.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> First-year beekeeper here, and just a few hours ago I found my hive swarming, and they’ve settled in a nearby tree. From what I’ve read, I can attempt to capture this swarm in a nuc box, leave them overnight, and introduce them into a new broodbox and keep them. I’m not 100% sure though, and don’t know where to get a broodbox in such short notice. Any advice/knowledge where to pick one up, and how long I have to do this?<br>
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> Thank you<br>
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