Swarm choosing Freedom

Here is a short clip in real time of a swarm moving into a hive. I had set the hive in an ash tree approximately 5m above the ground at the beginning of April. Nothing happened until July… two days after I had put some more lemon grass oil in the entrance.

 

This swarm moved into the hive mid-July. I revisited in early October and was amazed by what I saw. As it was so late in the season, I wasn’t expecting to see much growth, but the colony had now expanded to half of the hive.

 

2 thoughts on “Swarm choosing Freedom”

  1. Hi,

    Can you please let me know which size of entrance holes are proper for this log?

    regards

    sermet

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