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RE: Catching Swarms of Honeybees - Free Bees for Everyone!
Swarms is definitely the way to do it! That's how I want my first colony! Sadly, there are no the many honey bees out here it seems. I saw them for one week and they've not reappeared since. I've only had this property since December, so I am still working on developing an enticing bee loving flower area. I hope more return in the next year.
But since they were here, the hive cannot be TOO far. I just wish there was a way to tell between a person's hive and a wild hive. Haha
You can follow the bees from their foraging area back to the hive. The process is called bee lining. I tried it once last year with no luck.
I'm going to try again this year. If it works Ill make a post about it.
I've tried for honey bees and yellow jackets. I just lose sight so easily. :(