Alabama

[BuzzKill]

2/7 I picked up a swarm from Irvington Alabama(gulf coast). It was slightly larger than what a 3lb package would contain. First nice day in a while with temps around 70°. It's definitely early in the year but not the first I have heard of.

[pndwind]

Auburn, AL, 84/57 degrees, 3/16/15. No idea where it came from but it was in a bush right across the road from the university.

[BeinAl]

Swarm in Trap Sunday March 22 2015 (Phenix City, AL)
Swarm in Trap Wednesday March 25 2015 (Columbus, GA)
Swarm in Trap Friday March 27, 2015 (Pittsview, AL)

So far I am 3 for 4.

[BeeRN]

3-30-15.. Central Alabama. Swarmed while I was in the bee yard. landed about 10ft away. Caged the queen and stuck em in a box. My other 7 hives did not have swarm cells and only one of those had 2 deeps full of bees, but the rest had multiple frames of capped brood. I have 2 or 3 days to decide if I want to make a bunch of splits or try ye 'ol anti-swarm techniques.

[BeeRN]

caught my second today. Wish they would have been on the bottom of a hammock...

[MsBeHaven]

Small swarm in swarm trap today. Hived this evening with strong storms due tonight. White wax starting. I am definitely on the beginning of the spring flow! ��

[pndwind]

Auburn AL, 36832
6:00 PM
70 degrees
RAINING!
I got the swarm call and thought what are they thinking?
Anyway, I hope I got wetter than they did.

[squarepeg]

scottsboro, al
042315
35768
first scouts seen checking out traps today.

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first swarm of the season caught in a trap today
042615
scottsboro, al
35768

[archerman]

5-5-15 36269 East Central Alabama 1st swarm about the size of a grapefruit.

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35768 caught in trap

scottsboro, al

[Barry]

What is needed:

• zip code, city or county
• 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.

This forum is not for general discussion.

[Groundhwg]

Fellow teaching our beeks class had one of his hives swarm on Feb. 29th,{Dothan, AL.} and was called to get 3 swarms between March 4th to March 7th {also Dothan/Houston County AL.}. I got a call today (Mar. 10th) about a swarm in Dale County {zip 36360}. Unable to get it and another fellow from club answered the call. These were all in SE corner of Alabama. Each call was same day that swarm was seen; i.e. been there less than 12 hours.

[Terry L Barker]

Small swarm probably scouts in the corner of my house. Set out hive with some old frames and some comb.
Monday March 28th, 2016 North Mobile County, Alabama 36521

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35768, scottsboro, al
04/01/2016

caught one in a trap that i'm reasonably sure came from a feral colony in a nearby cedar hollow. there have been scouts checking it out for the past two days. this one is down in the valley from me which tends to be a couple of weeks or so ahead of what we see up here on the ridgetop. no scouts seen yet at the traps i have set up here.

[CoryM465]

35805 Huntsville
041016 - Just Swarmed today
The swarm came from an old tree across the street. They took up shop on a cherry blossom. It was almost 3 gals of bees.

I also got a call about a swarm in Ardmore today. Somebody got to them before I could though.

[Brad Bee]

4/12/16 Boaz 35957

Not sure if it was a swarm or they absconded from their hive. We had high winds with the storms that came through last night. If it's the swarm it's the largest one I have personally seen. I would estimate 10 pounds of bees.

[mobees77]

4/10/16 36525 Creola

Caught 1 in a trap and got a call on another in a bush the same day.

[CoryM465]

35805 Huntsville
041016 - Just Swarmed today
The swarm came from an old tree across the street. They took up shop on a cherry blossom. It was almost 3 gals of bees.

I also got a call about a swarm in Ardmore today. Somebody got to them before I could though.

041916
I just collected a second swarm in the same spot as this one from the same feral hive.

[Brad Bee]

35957 Boaz
4/19/16
Caught them about 40 feet from where I hived the swarm last week. 5 frames of bees.