One of my hives swarmed today around 11:00. I watched them pour out of the hive and form a cloud of cycloning bees. They settled in the ancient walnut next to the driveway about 60 feet up. I did put out small 4 frame nuk box with some frames of old comb, a bit of honey and a few drops of lemon oil then ignored it for most of the day. Around 4:00 I looked out and the sky was full of bees and within 2 minutes they were gone. I think I caught the end of their movement. I walked a quick circle about 100 feet from the tree but no sign of them. The nuk box was of a lot of interest to some other bees but I guess not enough to the new queen.
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