Strategically Place Fruit Trees for Swarm Capture
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What happens here
To encourage swarms to settle in an accessible location, strategically place smaller fruit trees near your apiary. This provides a lower, easier-to-reach spot for bees to cluster temporarily after swarming, making them easier to capture and re-hive. The video demonstrates how a swarm was successfully caught from a low apple tree branch.
Goal: Provide accessible locations for bee swarms to cluster, making capture easier.
Tools and materials
- Smaller Fruit Trees — Providing low branches for swarms to cluster
- Swarm Box — Capturing and housing a bee swarm