Beekeeping constantly reminds us of one thing — **bees know best.** This week at Beverly Bees, we witnessed something truly amazing: absconded bees from a colony we had just removed. The bees absconded… and then chose to move into one of our empty hive boxes *completely on their own.* 🐝🏡 […]
Tag: Bee Swarm Removal
Swarm Call 3 – “There’s A Bee Swarm In My Bushes”
There’s A Bee Swarm In My Bushes A few days after retrieving the bee swarm off the “power lines”, Brian and I received another swarm call. “There’s honeybees everywhere in the air about 30 feet off the ground.” The caller proceeded to tell me they were in the process of […]
Swarm Call 2 – “There’s Another Bee Swarm Near The Power Lines”
The Queenless Swarm That Was Left Behind One day after capturing a swarm of bees on the “power lines”, I got another call from Beth. “There is still a softball size swarm near the power lines. Are you sure you got the queen?” I was positive I had the queen, […]
Bee Swarm Call 1 – “There’s A Bee Swarm On The Power Lines”
“There’s A Bee Swarm On The Power Lines” This year has been a record setter for the number of bee swarms in our area. I think the warm winter and spring with periods of rain followed by bright sunny days has created the perfect conditions for swarming. In fact, only […]
Flame Duct Tape, A Rock, Orange String And Debbie’s Bee Swarm
Debbie’s Bee Swarm Last Saturday, my friend Debbie and I were taking a bee workshop called “Overwintering Nucs”. In the middle of drilling together a specialized bottom board for the nucs, Debbie gets a text message on her phone from her husband as he was walking out the door for […]