Feral Colony Collection.

[Neils]

Someone on another forum I frequent posted these photos of a swarm that settled in their front garden in the US and a few photos of the operation to retrieve them:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3774/9927666105_287aedd422_c.jpghttp://farm8.staticflickr.com/7373/9927680576_83a5444206_c.jpg
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2854/9927679276_1291eff81c_c.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3675/9927656945_291e348659_c.jpg

The colony was successfully re-homed at the beekeeper's apiary and apparently they're doing well.

[mbc]

Looks like a thriving colony, glad they got re homed before the winter.
I cannot imagine such an exposed nest reaching that level of development in our climate.

[Pete L]

I cannot imagine such an exposed nest reaching that level of development in our climate.

Over the years I have only ever collected two similar to that, regards that level of development, one was in late August from the branches of a tree about 20ft up, the other attached partly on the side of a building and Virginia creeper, this one was in early February and very exposed as the VC had shed all its leaves by then.