Got a call yesterday for 2 swarms in a town about 45 minutes from the house. The swarms were miles apart. Decided to go catch them. About 20 minutes before i got there, the homeowner called me to tell me that her swarm flew off. I looked around the neighborhood, but couldnt find them.
The second swarm was still there. They came out of a commercial beek friends, hive. He sent me after them. The swarm was too big for a nuc, so i taped a two deep nuc bodies together. I dropped the swarm cluster in the box, then carried it about 20 feet away, to level ground. I went back over twice to dump clusters in a bucket, then dumped the bucket in front of the hive. After an hour, only about a cup of bees were still on the front of the box. Sealed her up, and brought her home. I put syrup out this morning.
I also went to check a swarm trap near a bee tree, yesterday evening. There were at least a dozen scout bees checking out the box. Crossed fingers. If that box catches a swarm in the next few days, that will be my first. I was so excited when i saw all tue traffic at the box. Thought it was occupied, at first.