If you a re worki ng an apiary and a swarm starts to issue from a hive when there is a crowd of bees flying in the air, block the entrance to the hive to stop any more from getting out.The queen is usually one of the last bees to leave the hive, so the circling bees will soon realise they are queenless and will return to the hive or hang on a nearby hive. Take a couple of frames of mainly emerging brood from another hive (minus the bees) and allow the swarm bees to settle to them. Put these in a nucbox along with two frames of pollen and honey.
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