Swarm Update 3/6/08

6:30 am Thursday morning.  Still a cluster of about 1/5 the bees clinging to the side of the hive body.  I went inside and planned my strategy.  Suited up and went out around 7:30am...took 2 dust pans and a bucket.  Placed a little stand next to the hive body with a sheet  under it.  I placed the sheet so in case queenie fell onto it I could hopefully see her.  I very gently lifted the lid and placed it on the stand.  Squatted down and took the dust pans .  I took one pan and placed it under the cluster then took the other and gently but firmly scraped the bees in a downward motion into the lower dustpan, put them in the bucket then dumped the bucket into the hive, placed the top back on the hive...Noticed that after about 1/2 hour, all the bees were in the hive.  That means the queen was inside her new home!