Swarm captured 11 May 2007 in blueberry bush in blueberry orchard north of Ethel, Louisiana. Zip Code 70730. Farmer noticed swarm around 1000 hours.
while mowing between rows. Picked up swarm around 1300 hours.
Conditions: Sunny, Clear sky, temp in low to mid 80s.
I live in South Carolina. I had a swarm in May, I don't remember the date, its building to a strong hive. I had two swarms that I caught this month one Friday th 25th.
29651 8/10/2008 I had a couple of hives open today and it seems like a strong hive swarmed into a weaker one. I guess the new queen will kill the old queen, I will know because the old queen is clipped. This is the second time I had a swarm when I had a hive open. Today I thought they were robbing so I put an entrance reducer in front of the weak hive and they bearded in front of the hive. Any body else have something like this happen while a hive was open?
Caught one 4 to 5 lb swarm today 23969 Reidville, SC They're in a 5 frame NUC with 2 frames of drawn comb. Hope they stay!
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