Andy the Beekeeper

Beekeeper. Believer of minimal interference bee keeping. Swarm rescues and advice. Member of the Santa Clara Valley Beekeepers Guild.

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Had to put up a sign...

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One of these two hives swarmed. I heard it but it took me 30 minutes to find them. Hard to catch.

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First SWARM

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Fairly straightforward swarm capture at a school in Sunnyvale. Thanks Aaron!

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Swarm trap is getting lucky. They are slowly moving in. I think it might be a big swarm

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Giant swarm! I wasn't sure how to approach collecting them at first. I tried the bee hat, and they climbed up there a bit, but I'm not sure they would have fit!

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Swarm trap caught some bees when I wasn’t looking!

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Swarm on a fence. The neighborhood bees were VERY interested. That 2nd pic was before I opened the box!

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Swarm. On a roof

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A swarm was moving into an empty hive when I got home!

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Swarm!

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The second of the day was less successful

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Third swarm of the year was an easy success! I also spotted the mother hive 20 feet away.

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This swarm was interesting. It went much better than the last that was in a parking space. Had to use a bee vac on that one. Anyone see the queen??

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First swarm of the year is any easy one! (so far)

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I freed her from the web with a stick but she didn’t look well. She hadn’t moved when we got back an hour later

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A crazy day of swarms and queen bees! I went to visit CGB and we were going to walk to lunch. He said “I think my hive is swarming “

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So we started walking to lunch while we thought about the swarm. A few blocks away I look up and said “Another swarm in flight! Where are the settling?” then “Look there is the queen caught in a spider web!”

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We watched them fly around his yard for 10 minutes and wondered where they would settle. Finally we realized they were heading back to the hive.