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Have to thank @ambee_assembly @amber_pelish for sharing about this simple bait hive. So easy to catch a swarm! I used a five gallon bucket that I had rendered wax in. It had all the hive smell, plus I added a swarm lure cotton ball in a plastic zip bag. I cut an entrance hole in the bucket, put the lid on, and hung it in my tree near the hives. So happy I was there for the magic moment of moving day. After they moved in I transferred them to a box hive, caged the queen for a day to keep her from