Surprise, surprise!

We are expecting to get our 2 packages of bees next week on May 5th.  Today we got a call from Bill and he said he had captured a swarm somewhere north of us and did we want it?  At first we said no because we have no experience with a swarm.  But after a little discussion we decided we wanted it and called Bill back.  He did not have a taker yet so we went over and got the swarm.  We set up the hive and installed the bees!  It only takes a couple of minutes.

The swarm was in a 20 gallon tub with a hole cut in it for ventilation.  We have a video that shows the installation.  We estimated that there are about 20,000 bees.

The bees did make it their home.