Thanks HM:
Don't know what's going on this year but suddenly I am getting all kinds of calls about bees. I did one trapout from a B & B (got about 3-4 frames of bees but no queen, added frame with a Q cell on it and it's doing well) Picked up 4 other swarms mostly hanging in trees (made the local newspaper). Did a cutout from the wall of an old barn in the next town. Got a call about a swarm in another town 25 kms. away at the Motor Vehicle Branch.
I have just started another trapout (see other thread) and I will see where that goes.
I know of two other people in the area that just started keeping bees last summer and I can only assume they are the ones helping make up my winter losses.

Perry