I belong to a swarm call list in my area, and I got a call a couple evenings ago. I had just returned from swimming and was getting ready to make a homemade pizza. I rarely eat pizza, but I had a couple slices back in May and again in June, and was giving in…
It’s been busy in the bee yards. I began the season by assisting in a bee equipment auction. On the way home, I inspected, and then split, a hive. This means that I had one hive upon arrival, then after I looked inside of it, I saw so many bees that I decided to split, or divide, the…
On March 8, 2017, I got my first swarm call of the year. After looking at my records, that is about 1 1/2 months earlier than past years. I titled this blog post to give you an idea of 2016. Those numbers are just from me. I know that many other beekeepers get many more swarm calls. A…
It is high swarm season here! I had six swarm calls this last week. One of them got away before a keeper got there, another was carpenter bees. I was able to take one of the calls since it was just down the street from me. A few hours before taking this call, I happened to watch a…
This August may end up as crazy as last August with respect to swarm calls. I get at least one call a day; my highest volume day was six swarm calls. Did I mention that today is August 1o? We still have a lot of days left! I ended up getting one swarm. (Approximately one-third of the calls I…