A small swarm moved into my bait hive I had up a tree a couple of weeks ago. Got it down today and opened it up to reveal this beautifully crafted honeycomb, really calm bees and plenty of brood. I've cut this out and put the bees and all their comb in a nuc so I can move them into my apiary in a few days.

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@JustJenny bait hive. I had no idea this was a thing, but it makes sense. How often do you get new hive this way?

@Laurie I catch at least one swarm in it every year. I think there must be a feral colony of bees nearby because I often catch late swarms in it in August or September. I'll put it back up the tree now the bees are in their nuc.

@JustJenny cool!