About 1000 this morning, Lynn from across from Chris called to say there was ANOTHER swarm in her hedge on the alley. Contacted Cathy and they said they'd pick it up. Hope it wasn't like in the middle of the hedge. (They seem to like to park in a visible location, i suppose so the scouts can find their way back with minimum confusion. Soooo, i'd guess the swarm ball was hanging outside the hedge mostly. True?) Awaiting further detail on how big, etc. When will it end???!
1330 72 deg patches of sun. Lots of pollen going into the hives. Lots of flowering trees. I guess the lilac's are past it. Bees don't seem to be visiting them. The maple trees (in my yard) are flowering and have a lot of activity.
FEED: MQ sugar water down to half a bottle. They are foraging quite a bit now though.
Bob,
ReplyDeleteI promise I will stay home next year during swarm season so you can go to early summer (June?) family events and weddings. I will attend the bee birthings. Similar human behaviour repeated in Omaha paper this morning. School super hired by Omaha from Des Moines used Omaha school computers to email lover expressing rather eloquently her feelings. The emails became public and now the affair is known to all including spouses and daughter who is being married later in June. The principle resigned her position in Omaha before taking it. So, I can understand the eagerness of the bees. Wow! We can learn much from the orderly eagerness of bees (did Langstroth say that?).