Well I finally caught a swarm but as you will see in this video its not all sunshine and rainbows on this one. Had I been around when this swarm first landed on April 14th I would have been able to secure the whole thing and catch the wild queen but unfortunately was out of town for the better part of 4 days. Because of this the swarm moved to a higher location which prevented me from securing the whole thing when I arrived on April 17th and getting the queen under control. I am fairly amazed this swarm stayed outside so many days in a row and still has not found a permanent home. Will do better next time!

0:00 Intro
2:29 Trying to catch the wild swarm
6:18 What's wrong with out swarm trap?
8:42 Next day April 18th pt2 of inspection
10:38 Virgin red queen found!
14:09 Supering up all the hives
17:50 Final thoughts and splitting yellow hive

Music: "Running Waters Full Band" by Audionautix

Equipment:
GoPro HERO9 Black

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