Illinois

[Harley Craig]

had a swarm show up at my house today Not sure how many lbs only seen pictures, I'm out of town and had to phone a friend to catch it for me. 62420

[Harley Craig]

5-13-13 IL 62442 missed it, it was in my moms back yard and I was out of town, another local beek got it.

[Boone]

Was visiting Edwardsville Illinois, 0n the 9th of May, when a swarm of bees landed by the house I was staying in.

[dtinberg]

5/26 in Southern Ill
LArge aggressive swarm....

[MCC]

One of my hives swarmed yesterday 6/13/2013 Lyons, IL (southwest Chicago suburb)
Clear sunny day 70 degrees

[turtle95]

I got swarm today in northern IL. first one of the season here .slow start here we finaly getting things going with warm weather . very poor mating season here . go bees and BLACKHAWKS !!!

[ManHive]

Northern IL about 10 miles from Wisconsin. zip code 61073. 6/26/13 caught two swarms this evening. Warm humid day with heavy rains this morning and the last several days.

[Firerescue]

First swarm of the season!! 2-3 lbs. Greenville,Illinois 62246.

[BeePappy]

May 24th, 62305. It was one of mine and settled 40' up in an Oak tree, stayed 4.5 hours and then left.

[Eikel]

Discovered a swarm occupied one of the bait boxes 5 June, hadn't checked this box for about a week so I'm not sure how long they've been in residence.

SW IL 62278, 5 June 14

[Eikel]

6-16-14 zip 62278 South Western Illinois
Weather has been rainy most of the week

Moved a bait box with no activity to where I had captured a swarm earlier this month. Had a small swarm, maybe 2lb, land less than two feet behind my head while trying to install the box; transferred them into the box since it was getting dark. Shocked is an understatement.

[ahickman406]

I caught a swarm yesterday, 6/17/14 in my backyard in Carpentersville, IL. Temp was in the low 80's, no rain, sunny.

Source: The NUC I installed on 5/15/14.

[Levi's Bees]

7/06/2014 8:30 am b5 zone swarm 1.jpgswarm 2.jpg

[huntin86]

5/1- first swarm of the year. 3lb swarm about 10 feet off the ground in a tree, sunny and 72. Macomb, IL.

[Firerescue]

First swarm trap of the year officially occupied and bringing in pollen, They were trapped in a 5 frame nuc trap with swarm commander as the lure. An approx 5 lb swarm. Greenville Illinois 62246.

[BeePappy]

5-13, Good sized swarm from one of our hives that we just split 11 days ago. 20' up in a Cedar tree. Got them down and hived, we'll see if they stay.
had to be at least 6 - 7 lb. 70º, sunny and a little breezy.

[Harley Craig]

5-14-15 Caught a swarm in IL zip 62420 (Casey) and got a notification of one the next town over 62442 (Martinsville) but someone else beat me to the punch.

[BeePappy]

West Central IL - 5-17 1:00 p.m. partly sunny, day after big storms. Large 8 LB swarm 25' up in a tree. Can't get to them safely, so will let nature take it's course. Attempting to bait them down. Second swarm on a call. 10 miles away. Volleyball size captured and housed. On a low branch in a neighborhood. Temps in the 70's.

[Geno]

Two nice swarms today, 5/21/2015, both less than 10 feet high. Clear, 75 degrees.
Southern Illinois

[huntin86]

May 18 small swarm about the size of a softball
Sunny 75 degrees, 61455


May 24 call from business owner for swarm 2 feet off the ground on brick wall picture looked to be around 4-5 pounds. When I arrived someone was there and already had the swarm in a hive body. Partly cloudy 70 degree, 61455 (Macomb)


May 25 , 3 of 8 swarm traps have swarms in them, 61420. Thanks swarm commander.