Another day. Another swarm.

 A call from a local farmer took me a few miles out on the fen to this swarm.

It is as you can see a sizeable swarm, certainly the largest I have collected this year, and again in an ideal location. I have left them to make their own way into the hive and will return later this evening around dusk. As usual they will be moved to isolation so I can assess for mood and over the next few weeks any disease problems. All being well they will be moved to one of my working sites until I can raise some new queens for all this year’s swarms.