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
2013 Swarms
Date | Location | Weather | Notes |
Apr 14 | Lascassas, TN | 76F, cloudy | large tbh swarm |
Apr 15 | Lascassas, TN | 80F, sunny | large tbh swarm |
Apr 17 (~3pm) | Alexandria, TN | 75F, sunny | ~ 3 lb, 6 ft up in crape myrtle |
Apr 19 (~5pm) | Rockvale, TN | 85F, clouds | soccer ball size, 4 ft above ground |
Apr 21 (~1pm) | Alexandria, TN | 70F, sunny | ~ 2 lb, 2 ft a.g. on a dead limb |
Apr 25 (~4:30pm) | Alexandria, TN | 65F, sunny | ~1.5 lb, 2 ft a.g. on dogwood tree |
May 2 (~3pm) | Lebanon, TN (on W.Main in front of Baskin Robbins) | 75F, p.cloudy | described as large, focused around tree in front of strip mall |
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- Sample 1: On April 3 at 3:15 I spotted a 2 lb. swarm clustered near my hives.
- Sample 2: Had two hives swarm today, April 4, btw 2-5:00 PM, Italians, 10 & 30 ft up in cedar tree.
- Sample 3: Captured a large swarm of bees in a tree near Watertown HS on 5 April at 5:00 PM.
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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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