Here's the bees on the barn being collected - you can see the ball of bees. They are being gently encouraged up into the cardboard box and they'll then be taken to a new hive.
The beekeepers told us that in the next couple of days a new queen will hatch in the old hive and then start laying 2,000 eggs a day to produce new bees. Apparently up to 1,500 bees a day will die so its all quite an amazing process and we were privileged yesterday to have the opportunity to see this swarming in action.
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