Maybe we lost too many hives and the replenishment seemed to happen in late May....so many packages and nuc' may have only been in for less than 30 days
I think this is pretty accurate. Add to this the winter we just had. I had my eye on 2 feral colonies that didn't survive the "arctic vortex". I knew if any swarms were caught this spring, they'd be golden. They'd have great genetics.
I had 8 swarm traps out and empty equipment laying around my county. Only caught one in a trap. Had 2 calls. One mid-May and the other on 6/2. It's been a slow start for sure. But I anticipated a late and inactive swarm season.
Maybe it will pick up? Fingers crossed.
BTW, I'm including myself in the IL thread because I live on the Mississippi River and can see IL from my porch. Close enough, right?