I am getting into beekeeping. Bruce convinced me to make a few “top bar” or Kenya hives. We built the hives a couple of weeks ago and then I got on a swarm list. Today I got a call that there was a swarm near me. None of us had ever tried this, but it went perfectly. Now I have a few thousand bees installed in my hive. Hopefully, they will set up shop and start making honey and more bees. Here is a short video of us getting the swarm into a box so we can bring it home. After that we sealed up the box and put the buzzing box in the car and drove it home. Here is a longer video of us getting the swarm from the box into the hive.
Now I have 2 hives. One of them has a window in the side. Here are some pictures.