Wilson County Beekeepers

WCBA Members and area beekeepers:

Lascassas Swarm – 15 April 2013

Swarm season is here.  Again, wouldn’t it be interesting and informative to know when the swarming starts, peaks, and ends here in Middle Tennessee?  This is the second year we’re doing this so with your help, we’ll have a good start on data collection. Over time this information will be used to better plan our 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 ( wilsoncountybeekeepers.org ) we will have these records available year round to study 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.

To see this year’s record, refer to the Swarms page un the Resources tab above, or go here:

wilsoncountybeekeepers.org/resources/swarm-reports-2013/

To see the 2012 data, go here:

wilsoncountybeekeepers.org/resources/swarm-reports-2012/

Thanks,

Greg Tomerlin
cedarbees@gmail.com

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