Today's swarm

Kurt Bower · Post by **Kurt Bower** » Sun May 13, 2007 7:49 pm

Alright Wally! Was this one of your own?

Post by **Wally** » Mon May 14, 2007 8:33 am

Probably...I didn't see it come out, but it was in my bee yard.
There is also other hives within a few hundred yards that don't belong to me.

ski · Post by **ski** » Mon May 14, 2007 9:14 am

I have looked at this photo 3 to 4 times now. Its a neat picture. No gloves, no vail just raking the bees into the nuc lol. Thats cool wally.

Post by **Wally** » Thu May 17, 2007 9:06 pm

Has no one else caught swarms. I was hoping there would be additions to this post.

John Sabat · Post by **John Sabat** » Thu May 17, 2007 9:08 pm

Wally,
I got one off Spring Garden Street in Greensboro earlier this week. It was very near UNCG's bee yard.
John

Post by **Wally** » Thu May 17, 2007 9:13 pm

I got one today in my back yard.

I didn't know uncg had a bee yard. They are trying to get me to trap 3 out of one of their buildings on aycock st. I wonder why they don't have their beeks do it.

John Sabat · Post by **John Sabat** » Thu May 17, 2007 9:18 pm

I am assuming that it is their bee yard. There are approximately 12 hives with supers, etc. located inside a chain link fence area that has their equipment parked there. Oakland Ave beside rail yard.

Post by **Wally** » Thu May 17, 2007 9:39 pm

That's most likely where the swarms came from that they want me to trap out. It's on the same uncg piece of real estate.

John Sabat · Post by **John Sabat** » Thu May 17, 2007 9:46 pm

Guaranteed income, can't beat it!

Kurt Bower · Post by **Kurt Bower** » Fri May 18, 2007 3:28 am

UNCG has a bee yard because of the testing that Olav does at the University.
I help Olav when I can and when he has a request this is what it is all about. Sometimes it involves marking thousands of bees other times it it providing him old queens or maybe virgin queens.
It is a great program and hopefully you all can participate as the need arises.

Kurt