For those who are having multiple swarms I have a top bar hive empty where you could house your bees if needed. Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Thursday, May 2, 2024, 12:57 PM, Mark J. Sommer <msommer@somware.com> wrote: <!--#yiv7818498128 filtered {}#yiv7818498128 filtered {}#yiv7818498128 filtered {}#yiv7818498128 filtered {}#yiv7818498128 filtered {}#yiv7818498128 p.yiv7818498128MsoNormal, #yiv7818498128 li.yiv7818498128MsoNormal, #yiv7818498128 div.yiv7818498128MsoNormal {margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos", sans-serif;}#yiv7818498128 a:link, #yiv7818498128 span.yiv7818498128MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv7818498128 p.yiv7818498128yahoo-quoted-begin, #yiv7818498128 li.yiv7818498128yahoo-quoted-begin, #yiv7818498128 div.yiv7818498128yahoo-quoted-begin {margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos", sans-serif;}#yiv7818498128 span.yiv7818498128gmailsignatureprefix {}#yiv7818498128 span.yiv7818498128EmailStyle22 {font-family:"Helvetica", sans-serif;color:windowtext;}#yiv7818498128 .yiv7818498128MsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt;}#yiv7818498128 filtered {}#yiv7818498128 div.yiv7818498128WordSection1 {}--> Was that where a beekeeper came on and was spraying the bees with something (hopefully sugar water)? They didn’t show him collecting the bees, so I was curious what he sprayed them with. I would have just dropped into a box and waited for them to all go in. He was kind of a ham afterward and took a bow and threw in a pitch. From: hive <hive-bounces@lists.sdcbeeks.org> On Behalf Of bgoodfood@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, May 1, 2024 3:13 PM To: Kate Whealen <beto1234@earthlink.net>; E Davydenko <katyad13@gmail.com> Cc: hive@sdcbeeks.org Subject: Re: [SDCBeeks] SDC Beekeepers Monthly Meeting This Week Has everyone heard about the swarm of bees disrupting the dodgers game in Phoenix last nite? Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 11:21 AM, Kate Whealen <beto1234@earthlink.net> wrote: At this time there should be maturing drones and possibly some queen cups under construction if the colony is crowded or honey bound. Are you trying to prevent swarming? Once the queen lays an egg in a queen cup and the bees begin feeding the larva after the egg hatches it is known as a queen cell. If you have multiple queen cells under development this can indicate swarm preparation. If there are many developing queen cells present this is a good time to split the hive. At the very least it’s important to make room for the queen to lay to prevent crowding in the brood nest that can trigger swarming. Add empty frames or top bars to encourage the bees to build more comb instead of focusing on swarming. On Apr 30, 2024, at 10:34 AM, E Davydenko <katyad13@gmail.com> wrote: So from a swarm prevention point, the end of April (assuming all other factors that the colony is doing well, growing, and has mature drones, and maybe a few queen cells already building) would be ideal? | | Virus-free.www.avast.com | On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 7:52 PM grietje laga <grietje.laga@gmail.com> wrote: Happy to take a couple of swarms from people if you already have too many hives. Thanks for keeping me in mind! Happy bee season! On Apr 24, 2024, at 6:26 PM, Kate Whealen <katewhealen@earthlink.net> wrote: I’ve gotten calls in Santa Fe as early as April 15, it seems like there are a few early swarms some years. The fruit trees are blooming weeks earlier than they used to and the fruit tree nectar is the stimulus for brood production. Usually our swarm season is busiest around the first week of May which is not far off, but the climate is changing and the bees may be adjusting their rhythms. On Apr 24, 2024, at 5:34 PM, bgoodfood@aol.com wrote: Question: Isn’t this very early for swarms? Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Monday, April 22, 2024, 8:21 AM, Stephen Black <sblack@casafirst.org> wrote: Hello Beekeepers, Our monthly SDC Beekeepers meeting will be held this week at our usual time and place: starting at 6:30 PM Thursday April 25 at the Unitarian Universalist Church on 107 W Barcelona Rd in Santa Fe. We will be sharing information on “splits and swarms" as well as other spring hive management tips. We always invite our members to bring photos or videos or stories from their beekeeping journey as well as any questions you may have about your bees. We hope you all can join us in person…..if you can only join via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84271790136 Meeting ID: 842 7179 0136 Hope to see you all there, Kate and Steve Rumor has it there will be cookies and for sure there will be free smoker fuel available to all attendees!! _______________________________________________ hive mailing list hive@lists.sdcbeeks.org http://lists.sdcbeeks.org/listinfo.cgi/hive-sdcbeeks.org _______________________________________________ hive mailing list hive@lists.sdcbeeks.org http://lists.sdcbeeks.org/listinfo.cgi/hive-sdcbeeks.org _______________________________________________ hive mailing list hive@lists.sdcbeeks.org http://lists.sdcbeeks.org/listinfo.cgi/hive-sdcbeeks.org _______________________________________________ hive mailing list hive@lists.sdcbeeks.org http://lists.sdcbeeks.org/listinfo.cgi/hive-sdcbeeks.org -- Sincerely, Ekaterina Davydenko. _______________________________________________ hive mailing list hive@lists.sdcbeeks.org http://lists.sdcbeeks.org/listinfo.cgi/hive-sdcbeeks.org _______________________________________________ hive mailing list hive@lists.sdcbeeks.org http://lists.sdcbeeks.org/listinfo.cgi/hive-sdcbeeks.org _______________________________________________ hive mailing list hive@lists.sdcbeeks.org http://lists.sdcbeeks.org/listinfo.cgi/hive-sdcbeeks.org