2014 swarms

[gov1623]

Caught the first swarm This past Saturday 3/8/14.  About 3 lbs. Watched it land on a broccoli plant in my Garden.

[10framer]

you have to love this time of year.

[HomeSteadDreamer]

I'd love it if I had some empty equipment read.  :(

I have two 'nucs'  that need larger homes.  If I have a swarm I'll be scrambling to get something.  I have all the wood..... but the time not so much.

[buzzbee]

Alright guys(and ladies), I stickied this topic as it coincides with the Follow the Bloom 2014 thread. Towards fall I will unsticky this and the follow the bloom 2014 threads and we can do this again next spring. :)

[KD4MOJ]

Hopefully I'll get some swarms/calls this year. I just sent my info to the Consolidated Dispatch Agency Supervisor in case they get some 911 calls about a swarm.

...DOUG
KD4MOJ

[RHBee]

ray, are they your bees or are these calls?  just curious.
i saw a few crimson clover blooms in town yesterday.  it's about to ramp up and i'm not ready.

I'm pretty sure that they're mine. I'm going out to catch another in just a few minutes. They have to settle. That's three.

[GSF]

Three? Way to go!

I have the equipment, just need some swarms.

[10framer]

ray, seems like hiving your own swarms worked out pretty good for you last year. 

[RHBee]

ray, seems like hiving your own swarms worked out pretty good for you last year. 

As far a growth, yes it did. Honey production was hurt pretty bad though.

[RC]

The wife just called, said a swarm is hanging on the neighbor's mailbox. You might know,  I'm 5 hours away.

[RHBee]

The wife just called, said a swarm is hanging on the neighbor's mailbox. You might know,  I'm 5 hours away.

Sounds like you need to get that girl a bee suit. :-D

[RC]

Sounds like you need to get that girl a bee suit. :-D
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That's what I said. As luck would have it, I caught one anyway. At work, on the clock. Ain't that sweet!

[RHBee]

Sounds like you need to get that girl a bee suit. :-D

That's what I said. As luck would have it, I caught one anyway. At work, on the clock. Ain't that sweet!

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It don't get any better than that. Congrats.

[JackM]

Two days of sunny weather and the fruitless plums are all going strong, apples, cherries, sugar maples, daffodils, crocus, tulips, multiple ground covers with little blue flowers....it is spring here....finally.

[richter1978]

Caught about a 4lb swarm on Mon. 3/10.  In a condomium on a ligustrom.

[10framer]

seems like the coastal bees have decided it's spring.

[RHBee]

seems like the coastal bees have decided it's spring.

Rob, I just put another one in a box over a queen includer. Yep, it's that time.

[trimman]

i just had a swarm fly into a trap 2 days ago lucky me :-D

[10framer]

i suspect i'll find drones today and if so i'm going to pull nucs from any hives with queen cells.  i bought a radial arm saw yesterday.  looks like it's about to see some action.

[HomeSteadDreamer]

got my first swarm call today.  My hives have drones so it's the season here.