For all you Wolverines and Spartans out there, get your traps ready. I caught my first swarm of the season today. :)
The trees barely have leaves, but that isn't stopping the bees.
Perhaps an abscond or a nearby beek overfed his hive?
good job blueboy. you have bee's again
I doubt if any feral bees survived this winter in Michigan, with all the losses reported.
I had 3 bee trees that I've been watching since last fall. None of them made it through winter.
I've been watching 3 wild hives this winter. 2 of the 3 in trees survived. The 2 that survived looked pretty strong going into winter; the 3rd was relatively small. I'm expecting to collect some more swarms from those ferals sometime this month. It was a long winter and an extended March this year.
Now you can be the expert early swarm guy blueboy