25840 Fayetteville, WV
Easter Swarm...had a swarm in my outyard today. Went to check my hives after dinner and the air was full of bees. They settled about 8 feet up in a spruce tree, cut the limb and laid on a sheet in front of a 5 frame nuc. All were inside within an hour or so.
4/13/12
25840 - Fayetteville, WV
Second swarm of the year in my outyard at about 3:00 pm. Queen couldn't fly and the 2# swarm ended up at the base of a chain-link fence post behind the hive. Would have been fairly easy had half the swarm and the queen not been under a piece of mine conveyor belt that is under the hives. First swarm that I've captured while laying on my side...better than 20 feet up a tree though! Finally found the queen and installed her in a 5-frame nuc with the swarm. Made up 7 splits from this yard on 4/14/12...hope I am ahead of them for a change.
First swarm for us this year. In my daughter's backyard in the middle of town in Marietta, OH. It was soccer ball sized (maybe 6lbs). The weather was 57 degrees, misty rain off/on all day with a little wind. It was in a mulberry tree approximately 8 to 9 ft off the ground.
Got a call early this morning about a basketball sized swarm located on a split rail fence in a neighborhood about 5 miles away. I wasn't able to go look at it until after work so my wife volunteered to go catch it for me!
West Virginia---have an extremely small swarm hanging in one of my apple trees. A queen and about 20-25 bees. They've been there for 3 days. Too small, too late...
I had a swarm move into my swarm trap on the 23rd or 24th. First one of the year. Believe they came out of a bee tree that was populated from a swarm from one of my hives last year.
Tridelphia WV 26059
Saw a swarm landing in a locust tree 10 yards from my trap this morning around 10. Got excited expecting them to go to the trap but they took up residence inside of the tree.
8/11/15
26031 my top bar swarmed today around 1:30. I caught them and put them in a nuc. I think this swarm was a result of overfeeding heavy syrup on my part.
9/1
Warwood WV 26003
Sunny in the 80's 10 am
Got a call from a lady who witnessed the colony in her eave throw a swarm this morning. While we were talking on the phone they left
Same lady from 9/1 called and said they swarmed again. This time 4ft up on a holly tree. Bad timing, I'm at WVU. She said she would call me if they leave I might try to get home, grab a box, and go after them. Might let them get started then pinch queen and combine with the swarm from my top bar to boost it's numbers. That's if I get there in time. Minimum 2 1/2 hours (probably more like 3+) to get home, grab gear and get there. Maybe they'll hang around till morning.
Update: got there at 7:50. It was two small swarms hanging in the bottom branches of a holly tree. One a little bigger than a softball and the other softball size. I just broke the branch one was on and put it on a jester nuc box and then shook the other on on top of it. Not the best move maybe but these bees were doomed. I'll try to get something useful out of them like drawn comb and boosted numbers on that TB swarm nuc and maybe a queen for lure in the spring.
9/11
Warwood, WV 26003
Sunny high 70's
Low in rosebush.
Unbelievable! She just called again. She said bigger than yesterday's swarm, bigger than a football. We'll see. Loading up gear now.
date when the bees swarmed or when you found the swarm.
comments - example: if the swarm came from your hive, or if you were called to pick up a swarm, how long was it there. This is not for cutouts unless the bees just took up residence and are not established. It would also be great to include a small photo of the swarm.
4/25 Wheeling, WV 26003 Ohio County. This one was moving into a swarm trap at 10:50am. 10 deep swarm commander 6 feet up
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