I did this a few years ago.
A colony swarmed with a clipped queen. I found her near the hive and put her in a cage in the back of my (estate) car for safe-keeping whilst I looked over the colony. The car was say, 7 or 8 metres from the hive. By the time I had checked the colony over and decided what to do with it, the swarming bees had found their queen! An interesting sight - but no harm done.
It's one of those mistakes I have yet to make a second time!
A colony swarmed with a clipped queen. I found her near the hive and put her in a cage in the back of my (estate) car for safe-keeping whilst I looked over the colony. The car was say, 7 or 8 metres from the hive. By the time I had checked the colony over and decided what to do with it, the swarming bees had found their queen! An interesting sight - but no harm done.
It's one of those mistakes I have yet to make a second time!
May your bees read the same books as you do.