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Today's swarm

Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 9:31 pm
by Wally
Image

Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 7:49 pm
by Kurt Bower
Alright Wally! Was this one of your own? :wink:

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 8:33 am
by Wally
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.

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 9:14 am
by ski
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.

Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 9:06 pm
by Wally
Has no one else caught swarms. I was hoping there would be additions to this post.

Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 9:08 pm
by John Sabat
Wally,
I got one off Spring Garden Street in Greensboro earlier this week. It was very near UNCG's bee yard.
John

Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 9:13 pm
by Wally
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.

Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 9:18 pm
by John Sabat
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.

Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 9:39 pm
by Wally
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.

Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 9:46 pm
by John Sabat
Guaranteed income, can't beat it!

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 3:28 am
by Kurt Bower
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