Wilson County Beekeepers

WCBA Members and area beekeepers:

Swarm season is upon us.  Wouldn’t it be interesting (and informative!) to know when the swarming starts (and ends?) here in Middle Tennessee?  In addition to alerting others that swarming has begun in our neck of the woods, over time this information could be used to better plan our early season (spring increase) splits.  With adequate input, this is something we can easily track throughout the year, from year to year.  And with the WCBA website ( www.wilsoncountybeekeepers.org ) we will have these records to easily refer to every year.

Please send your swarm reports to: cedarbees@gmail.com whenever you see your colonies swarm, or when you receive a call for swarm removal.  Be sure to include the actual swarm date if observed, or approximate date if known, along with any other relevant information (time of day, weather conditions, race of bee if known, etc.).

I look forward to receiving your email, to gathering and sharing the data, and to watching the trend over time.

See you all at the next meeting: Monday, 5 March 2012.

Greg Tomerlin
cedarbees@gmail.com