During the last Autumn, I placed a small colony of bees which only covered about one frame into a four-frame nucleus box. The bees did not have very long to collect nectar and pollen to complete their winter supplies. I was apprehensive as to whether they would make it through the winter without starving out. Well, here we are in …
Collecting a swarm
Today I collected a large bee swarm from a fence in a suburban back yard. It was a large swarm and must have come from a large colony.