This guy named Dave called about a swarm in Santa Monica. I couldn't get to it, so I forwarded the email to Pshairyn—she lives down that way.
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She took a nuc box over there with a frame of brood, but couldn't reach it. I took my paint pole over and lifted the nuc box up then got the bees inside.
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Nancy wanted to host the bees, so that's where they are now.