🐝 Hiving a small swarm into a mini mating nuc. Orara Valley Honey March 2024.

🐝 In this video, I hive a small swarm into a mini mating nuc.
🐝 Small swarms are common at this time of year. They will hang around the apiary, looking for a queenless hive to move into.
🐝 I have put them to work instead, drawing comb in a double mini mating nuc.
🐝 They did try to take off but were prevented from doing so because the queen was caught behind the queen excluder entrance.
🐝 I will check them in a few days to see if they need more space.
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[@bennybeekeeper]

Good idea to use the queen excluder setting. I often find swarms later in the season are very hard to keep in a box

[@mt.corambaapiculture]

Yes certainly stops them from buggering off. I usually just spray them with soapy water but thought it would make a good video instead.

[@sentimentalbloke7586]

Having a terrible time with wax moth down here in Vic.