swarm season.....

[Buzzen]

How was everyone's swarm season?  I only got one call and it was waaaaaaaaaaay up north. Too far to go, so i still have no bees.  I think I got the wife convinced to get a package for this spring. How are your hives doing?

[Kathyp]

i got tons of calls.  what i couldn't take i passed on to lotsobees.  i have no idea how many he took of his own and mine.  ran out of equipment and am still getting calls.

[AllenF]

I did not get one swarm this year.

[Irwin]

got 3 calls and only got one didn't do two cut outs because the wife needed 24-7 care when the people wanted them done gave them to a fellow beek.

[harvey]

I got four swarms in my two bait hives and one swarm off of a tree inside of a prison!   Went from one hive last year to seven this year after buying two packages,  Have my fingers crossed that next year I can do as well with swarms and may try a split or two!  I am going to build enough boxes to go to twenty next year!  Then figure out why?

[AliciaH]

Word is getting out around my neighborhood that I have bees so I got a couple of calls this year.  I hope the word keeps spreading!  I wanted to catch more, but didn't advertise because I ran out of equipment after my expansion (20+ hives now). 

Unfortunately, after the very wet and cold spring we had here, I also got to catch a couple of my own swarms.  You know what?  That's not nearly as much fun!

[greenbtree]

Three swarms (two fairly small, may need to combine) and one small cutout.  My swarm trap has come up empty.

JC

[GaryMinckler]

Caught 5 swarms in my own yard...one got away.  Too high to reach.

[weBEE Jammin]

Found some time after my work to catch seven swarms this year + three of my own hives. Had to combine three of my swarms because they were not building comb and brood very fast. I gave most swarm calls and all cut outs to members of the club. I have to find time to build more boxes now (it will be winter in no time).