ccd identified! they are moving to south louisiana in the form of swarms

[bailey]

sorry to make a joke of ccd but i dont understand the bee shortage i read about.

jp and i are going nuts trying to keep ahead of the swarms that are occuring here.
after jp woke me up this morning to set me up on 2 swarms he got yesterday i went to the lumber yard to get some cypress so i could build bottom boards and top covers to be able to hive the swarms that jp gave me.
this is not counting the 3 swarms that i have in swarm traps hanging in my bee yard.

i finished 1 set of bottom boards and a top cover and i get a swarm call from a woman who said she sprayed the flying bees with raid, ( idiot ) i went to look and the swarm had already entered into her trailer floor. she was not interested in a cutout and i was not interested in a swarm that were hit with raid.
i get back home and finish another set of bottom boards and top cover and the phone rings again.
this one is 10 miles away from me and they also did the can of raid thing.
told the caller to go and look to see if they had made their way into the trailer and sure enough they were already in the floor. they also didnt want a cutout and i again declined the raid can bees.
i then hived the 2 swarms that jp had given me this morning without incident!
i go to my back portch to sit down and talk with my wife, while i am sitting i look up at my gourd rack for purple martins and i see a butt load of bees entering a gourd!
i go look and sure enough it,s a swarm so back out to the garage to build another set of bottom boards and top cover.
i hive this swarm an hour before dark.
so after a week and 3 days we have gone from7 hives to 13 hives and 3 swarms in traps awaiting their hives!
our forcast calls for 30 mph winds tomorrow so i am hoping that the wind will keep the swarming down tomorrow so i can get some more hives built!
vanishing bees? not in south louisiana!
good luck to all.

bailey

[Keith13]

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