Swarm events capture prevention or captures and can spin up a new colony.
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Open the hive and choose Log Swarm Event
From the hive Logs.
Hive #7
OverviewLogsMoreStatusQueenrightQueen2025 - marked yellowLast inspection4 days agoVarroa3.1 / 100 beesStartQueen Watch
Requeening, swarmed, or made a split? Track the new queen day by day.
Voice inspectPhoto checkLog harvest - 2
Set event type, action, and Save
Optionally toggle "New hive created from this event" to make a colony.
Log Swarm Event
Date
Jun 2, 2026Event type
PreventedAction taken
Made a splitNew hive created from this event
e.g. captured swarm in nuc
Save
Tip
After you save, the app offers to start queen transition tracking on the hive that swarmed (and on a new hive if you created one). See Start tracking a queen change.
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