Swarming

This week, Dave Wescott and Scott Calentine address the topic of swarming. Swarming is when bees leave their colony with the orignal queen to start a new hive. Typically, swarming happens in sping or early summer (May-June), but can happen other times. Swarming is the natural way honey bee hives reproduce, as a beekeeper it is a stressful event! We talk about ways to avoid swarming and what to do if a swarm occurs. Of course, we get off topic a bit and have some fun. Dave tells us how to avoid sick kids in the home at night- sleep in the guest room!

Here are some helpful links on swarming: (https://bees4life.org/bee-extinction/solutions/sustainable-beekeeping/swarming) https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/miamidadeco/2022/03/09/swarming-the-natural-reproductive-process-of-a-honey-bee-colony/ https://pollenpaths.com/honey-bees-swarming/

As always, thank you for listening. We hope you had fun with us and learned something new about bees or the bee world, which is our world! Stay tuned for more episodes to come!

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