The swarm that Adam and I just collected in a wooden nuc box stayed inside the box for about 30 minutes before they decided to leave. I thought they were going to swarm again but instead they decided to move in with their neighbours in the adjacent top bar hive. At first, there was a mass of bees in the air, bees on the top and sides of the top bar hive, and a jam of bees at the right hand side entrance. I couldn't decide if the bees inside were happy with the situation but over about one hour all the bees moved inside. I've just checked inside the nuc box and it's pretty much empty. It has been another unpredictable day with the bees.
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