Howdy from San Jose, CA

[PeteSJCA]

Hey, I'm new to beekeeping this year, just got my first swarm on Monday. The bees are so much fun to watch.

[KQ6AR]

Hi Pete,
& welcome from Concord, CA

[stoffel64]

Hi Pete,

Welcome from the coast.

Cheers
Stefan

[AmericasBeekeeper]

Welcome Pete!

[Peaches]

Hey Pete, Welcome to the forum. Ask away and you will get some doozies of answers.

[odfrank]

Suburban San Jose - Land of Milk and Honey for bees.

[MichaelShantz]

I'm right next door in Cupertino. Got 3 swarms into 3 hives this spring. The biggest one developed a queen problem, went into supercedure mode, spun off two swarms, one of which I put in hive 4. Hopefully the new queens have been laid and are laying.

[Fuzzy]

"The bees are so much fun to watch."

But oh so much harder to manage.

Just another neighbor and member of the bee guild -- Fuzzy

[MichaelShantz]

South Bay Flow

Chamise and broom are in full bloom
the poison oak is over
the toyon and star thistle wait
to tempt the buzzing rover

[PeteSJCA]

Thanks everybody! Michael was that poetry? nice....

[odfrank]

Gosh, it was poetic....

[Charlie B]

That was probably a swarm from one of odfrank's hives.

Welcome Pete !!!

[odfrank]

That was probably a swarm from one of odfrank's hives.

My bees never swarm!

[Fuzzy]

"South Bay Flow"

And in the next 10 days the privits will all bloom and if you don't have around 2 boxes of space you'll be chasing your bees down the street as they swarm.

"My bees never swarm", Pinocchio never lies, and Odfrank doesn't have more than 2 hives in his yard.

[Rex Piscator]

Hi, neighbor!

...just hammered 5 more boxes together the other day; thanks for the 'heads up' on the flow...

How long will our flow last here in the SF Bay Area[on average]? These are my first hives; up here in the East Bay, just past Richmond. I'm trying to get a sense of our 'cycle', here in Northern CA.

[Fuzzy]

My flow ends by mid July. However, 10 miles up the road, a hive puts on 100lbs between July and the end of Oct. So, I really can't help with your microclimate and urban setting.