Wilson County Beekeepers

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

A large swarm was captured here in Wilson County on Thursday, 29 March.

Please send details of your swarms, or any swarm removal call you receive, to the email address below.  Be sure to include the actual or approximate date and time, county, and any other details you would like to share.  All swarm reports received will be posted here but no names nor email addresses will appear.

Send swarm reports to:  cedarbees@gmail.com

2012 Swarms

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This page is for reporting swarm dates and times in and around Middle Tennessee.  If you have a swarm you want removed, please refer to the Swarm Catchers List found elsewhere on this site.

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This message is being forwarded at Mike Studer’s request. Please take notice.

From: Mike.Studer@tn.gov
To: Mike.Studer@tn.gov; jskinner@utk.edu
Subject: Disease alert
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 02:41:51 +0000

Beekeeping Association Presidents, Please inform the members of your association to be vigilant when inspecting their colonies for the next few months and forward this message to them. I have been finding European Foulbrood in colonies across the state, The recent periods of heavy rain this spring have been stressing the colonies similar to three years ago when we had bad outbreaks of EFB across the state. EFB can be cured with Terramycin. Information on diagnosis and control can be found on the following web site  http://www.extension.org/pages/23693/european-foulbrood:-a-bacterial-disease-affecting-honey-bee-brood .  Anyone that thinks they have EFB should either call me or one of the local area association inspectors to confirm the diagnosis or ask questions about treatment. There is no need to burn the colonies.

Michael D. Studer
State Apiarist
Tennessee Department of Agriculture
Regulatory Services Division
Apiary Section

Ellington Agricultural Center
Box 40627, Melrose Station
440 Hogan Road, Porter Building
Nashville, TN 37204

Office Phone: 615-837-5342
Cell Phone: 615-517-4451
Fax: 615-837-5246
E-mail: mike.studer@tn.gov
Website: http://www.tn.gov/agriculture/regulatory/apiary.shtml

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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

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