Anyone Here Use Nets For Catching Swarms?

[Ben Framed]

I have not seen this so I am posting this minute video of a beekeeper using a net. This method may have advantages as well as disadvantages?

https://youtube.com/shorts/JKK2r4vU9Go?feature=share

[rast]

Saw a pillowcase used one time.

[Jim134]

For about the last 10 years. That I was in the USA... I used a  bag that looks very similar to this... I could keep this under the seat. of my car..

  Skog ? Kust SCUBASak Collapsible Mesh Duffle Bag with Exterior Waterproof Pocket https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073V7JWM9/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apan_glt_i_AV7S0V48Z36E4T93B7BC?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1



                BEE HAPPY  Jim134   

[BeeMaster2]

That is a new one for me. You could also dump them into a hive from the bag. You will probably have to invert the bag to let all of the bees stuck to the net out.
Jim Altmiller

[Acebird]

Where do you find a swarm that accessible?

[beesnweeds]

It's a laundry bag.  I cut the rim off a bucket with a pole and put the laundry bag in it.  It's a lot lighter than trying to hold a whole bucket on a pole over your head.  Once you bump the bees into the bag and lower it the bag closes from the weight of the bees.  Then I invert the bag and dump the bees in a hive.  One drawback is sometimes the bees get a little caught up in the bag and get agitated.  It works pretty well.  Hanging the bag under the hive box is a nice idea as long as you get the queen and most of the bees on the first bump.

[Ben Framed]

Where do you find a swarm that accessible?

With gained 'experience', I for one, have found swarms in several type of situations, including easy accessible circumstances similar to this one..

[guitarstitch]

I recently used a pool skimmer net to capture swarms from one of my hives.  Lacking any other tools, I stood on the roof of my van and captured most of the swarms with the wide skimmer on a long pole.  By rotating the net 90 degrees, I was able to seal most of the bees in while I lowered the net to the box.