Nice little capture

[Zulu]

A nice big swarm ....




Up about 12 feet off the ground in a big oak tree, in a bad neighborhood

or not.......




Nice Medium size open hive...... 8 frames of comb.....lots of brood and eggs too, but little in way of stores




Decided to go with a Med Super in the end.... and yes we decided to suit up as I took a sting early on while prepping on the ground





Cutting away piece by piece






Filled 8 1/2 frames in a medium super in the end, all the empty comb we cut away




The remnants , sprayed with B Quik to help them choose a new home

and yes we did find the queen towards the end and managed to get her into a clip



safely in her new home



Thanks to Rob who came out early on Saturday morning, only a few stings mostly of my own making, like gripping comb and squishing a bee etc etc

[G3farms]

Those are tough ones, up and down a ladder all day!

Good job thanks for posting it!

[Tia]

You have every reason to be proud! Hope they do great for you; you deserve it!

[melrose]

Never had any idea that bees would build a colony in the open like that...

[Zulu]

Never had any idea that bees would build a colony in the open like that...

Very unusual in our region..... there were many big trees around and I would have thought they might find a hole in one of them, also the houses were old and again - a hole would have made more sense. But the queen was laying away merrily , eggs and brood.

[Zookeep]

reminds me of many of my removals never thought they did that north of the florida border, gratz on the find