JP, your insight about when to intervene and when to let things be impresses me. I'm sure I would have complicated that swarm capture and made a mess of it. I probably would have tried to brush the bees into the box...unnecessarily filling the air with bees. Then, had I seen the queen, I would have tried to capture her. You calmly took delight in watching her walk around on the tree...and when I saw her take flight, I freaked out a little bit...oh no! she's gone! You didn't get all nutty...just kept your eye on her and enjoyed it. Calmness begets calmness.
We'll see...but I think that watching all your videos will help me have calmer energy and be more level headed in the heat of a swarm or a cut out. Or when I simply inspect the bees in my own yard.
Liz