It has been cool but pretty here recently. The bees like this weather since things are blooming and it hasn't been raining much and they can fly. A sunny day like today in the spring is a good swarm day.

And indeed, I caught a swarm today. I pressed my lovely wife into service as a photographer. She took this nice picture:



Kind of a bee popsicle. I just cut the branch down and lowered it into a new hive, easy.

That swarm was hanging from a tree branch about ten feet up. The beeyard there is protected from the wind becuase it is surrounded by trees, but it was a gusty day all around. Each time the wind blew the whole branch swung lazily in the breeze, it was something to see.

I'll post more of the swarm pictures on my webpage in a day or so.