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Swarm-4/6/22
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2022 3:41 pm
by Jacobs
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I got home from the Arboretum this afternoon to see this swarm settling in. The dogwood they are on is a foot or so away from the azalea bush that has been getting swarms. I had to use the bee vacuum to get this one.
Re: Swarm-4/6/22
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2022 7:14 pm
by Wally
I picked another one up for Keith this evening in west High Point. About 3 lbs.
Re: Swarm-4/6/22
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2022 11:46 am
by reedyfork
I had another swarm show up yesterday on the same branch of the same magnolia that I captured one last week! This one was more difficult to get in the box, as I think it was traveling with at least one virgin queen in the mix... This morning I noticed a small group of bees out on the white sheet acting very strange, and discovered they had a dead virgin in the middle of the bunch.
This is swarm capture/collection #7 for me over the past month. I had to run around and take down all my actual swarm traps, because I simply don't have any more room (or time) this year to keep adding more colonies!