Since my new queens are now emerging I thought I needed to get another round of Queens in the hopper. I left for the farm early this morning and found some nice larva in the hive containing the Court House Swarm. If figure that this swarm, which likely came from one of the two wild hives at the old Effingham County Court House, is from good survival stock. These colonies have been on their own without any help for several years, so they are likely resistant to disease, mites, and cold. I grafted 10 larva and placed them in my starter hive. Also also caught Queen from that hive and marked her....now I should be able to see her a tad bit better!
This evening I also had the opportunity to help a couple of brand-new beekeepers capture a swarm out at Network Center. Rick Russell and Stacy James had receved word about a swarm, but it was down in the fork of a tree. I met up with them at 8:30pm when all the bees were gathered together and I used my bee vacuum to suck them up, then we transferred them into a cardboard box for transfer. They plan to install them into a topbar hive. It was a lot of fun!
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