Bee Swarm

[Alan Forbes]

I has an ad on craigslist for swarm removal and I got my first call last week.  I was SO excited!!

The lady said she would meet me after work at her house; she said the swarm was about 18" off the ground and it had been there about 2 days.  I was still excited, but thought to myself that 2 days is starting to be a long time for a swarm to stay put, but continued to be optimistic and braved commute traffic for the 1 hr. trip to her house.  Sure enough, she calls me when I'm about 10 minutes away and says that the swarm had left; only a bit of comb to show that they had been there.

She sent me this picture that she had taken of the swarm the day before with her funny message. It looks like a good sized swarm and I'm sorry to have missed it.  BTW, is that the queen I see near the top edge of the cluster?

[DayValleyDahlias]

Ah bummer Alan, but I am sure there is more to come...after having 3 swarms here in 2 weeks,  I am anxiously awaiting the next one...hhhmmm will it come???  LOL

Enjoy~*~
Sharon

[Kathyp]

that's to bad.  maybe you'll get a call when the swarm finds a home.  you can only hope....
looked like a nice one.

[CBEE]

 I wonder how far would a swarm will normally go to find a suitable home ?
They may not be to awful far away. But then which way did they go ?..hhmmm I've heard that somewhere before :-D

[Kirk-o]

You will get one.I have caught 9 swarms this month two left.The rest are fine.One cut out this year one to go.Keep spreading the word you will get more calls.I don't purchase bees any more just catch swarms great bees.I let them make there own queens to don't purchase them much either.
kirko