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Upstate NY - 13210 (Central NY / Syracuse)
Apples, Cherrys, Dandelions (strong year)

3/30/12
West Monroe, NY 13167 Sunny - 53'F.
Zone 5A
First pollen loads of the season in my home yard, and plentiful amounts being gathered - light yellow gray color. Suspect red maple (silver...

3/27/12
Syracuse, NY 13210 Variable clouds - 44'F.
Zone 5B
First pollen loads of the season - light yellow orange color. Crocus?

Cleansing flights... no pollen yet. This is Zone 5A... central New York north of Syracuse. Zip 13167.

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=CS5Sh3-hgUA

Aster?

Helped my Uncle harvest 1 medium and 3 shallows off his overwintered colony near Waterloo, NY yesterday. This colony has been just amazing for him... 180 lbs last year, and we did 120 lbs from it...

Pulled supers and individual frames from 5 hives last Friday. Three hives were overwintered... and deep frames from spring swarms that were severely backfilling the upper deep frames. Had four...

didn't mean to shut down this thread... anyone else seeing decent production this spring/summer? Best I've seen them do yet in 5 years....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_catalpa

I have three small yards spread around central NY... one in Syracuse, one in Central Square area, and one in Pulaski.

In Syracuse, yellow sweet clover is just about over, white sweet clover is...

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Hived this swarm into a single deep last evening. 4' off the ground. 5/14/12 65'F - Cloudy Memphis, NY 13112...

Jeremy K - I live nearby to you and can offer some help if you need it? I have fresh vials of synthetic Nasanov... kinda like cheating over the LGO! Check your PM inbox here..

The book everyone should be reading... truly a swarm catcher's bible!

http://ezramagazine.cornell.edu/fall10/images/Photos/CB.Honeybee.Democracy.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgSbPkInTzs

From what I understand about swarming, the swarm will leave the home colony and "alight" / cluster onto a nearby surface within a few dozen to hundred feet away, be that a tree, bush, etc... then...

Have read many places that the swarm trap should be located at least 750' from the mother colony... how far away is your trap? I try to get mine at least 1000' away, facing southeast with full...

Got this one today in Fayetteville, NY. Sunny, 70'F... picked them up at 7:30PM... was told they were in the tree since the early afternoon. About 6' off the ground... 3 lbs of bees? Judge for...

Picked up some of my gals that decided to go astray tonight.... second swarm from this colony this year... this cluster was on a rock next to the ground... marched right into a 4-frame nuc with 2...

Swarm moved into my single deep trap at 12pm today. Only put it out yesterday. Approx. size of a volleyball.
Syracuse, NY 13210 USDA zone 5B
1706

Lucky enough to get two separate swarms within the past week... first one maybe an afterswarm; about 12' up in a spruce tree, slightly smaller than a volleyball. Weather was dry, sunny and 80'F after...