Next door neighbours called to say they had been troubled with swarms yesterday and then the swarm came back today and poor neighbour couldn't get out of the house because the bees were settling in the tree by the front door.
By the time I got organised they were off again in the middle of the main road where a lot got killed by passing cars. Eventually the stopped in this bush.
I got them safely in a box and Gill arrived we went to inspect the hives. Connie are on the verge of swarming so my plan is to do an artificial swarm on Sunday evening. I saw eggs so they have not gone yet. Beatrice had no eggs an approx. 12 capped queen cells - that is some going for a weeks work. Adele were just plain nasty and we retrieved the entrance block and retired without an inspection again. I'm just going to have to get brave one day soon!
Here I am making a spectacle of myself on the Kenilworth Road.
The swarm have gone to live in Barston for the time being until they go to a good home.
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