swarms

[tincan]

Im in northeast wisconsin and have only seen one swarm in my life 49 years am I just missing them or do they not swarm in the north as much as the south because it seems like they get alot of swarms in the south

[Kathyp]

every place is different and every year is different.  some years i get so many calls i can't keep up with them and other years, none.  how long have you had your name out there?

[Highlander]

Thats funny, Tincan, I was just wondering the same thing this afternoon as I looked around a set of old barns. Didn't see any indication that there had ever been a swarm or hive in either of them. Plenty of hornets and wasps, but no honey bees.  And, I have never heard of one in the area in the over twenty years i have lived here in NY.

[tincan]

this is only my third year but i thought in 49 years i would have seen or heard of some

[Highlander]

I am in my first year as a beekeeper, and thought it would be nice to find a hive in an old barn or house and try to catch it. So I started looking around in some of these places and can find no evidence of any ever having bee, I know we have feral honey bees around her, just haven't located any sites yet.

[TNTBEES]

I'm a second year beek from Montana and I had never heard of one until last year, there were three on craigslist. I was able to get one of them. I think in our area there are some but they are rare to find. I don't know of any feral colonies but there must be some somewhere. I've never heard about a cutout in our area either. Not many bees and a lot of area.

[duck]

some people go a lifetime without shooting a banded duck or goose.. some shoot a banded bird every year..