Bee swarm

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Originally Posted by generalmeow

They disappeared so fast, I didn't even put any effort into explaining it to her because she wouldn't get it.

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Sadly, I know exactly what you mean and that feeling.

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Originally Posted by StagLefty

I posted "no stingers" and the killer bees kept going !!

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Yeah, if you had a sign there then you would be safe.

Contact these folks- they'll come and remove the swarm for you. Bees are dying- they're needed. It's not easy to tell Africanized bees from normal honeybees.

Denver:

Frank Holland Frank the Bee Guy 303-829-5409 hollandcarpentryinc@comcast.net
Guy Shingleton 303-898-1267 guysemail@aol.com
Eric Smith 303-550-1923 prosaw_2000@yahoo.com Simple removals only
Don Studinski 303-248-6677 dstudin@yahoo.com
Fort Collins:

Bruce Brown and Alan Epperson Bruce Cell: 970-231-7347 Alan Cell: 970-290-7010
Carl and Deedee Hosler Deedee Cell: 970-218-0279 dd.hosler@gmail.com
Greeley:

David Izaguirre 970-324-0092 izzyshoney1@yahoo.com
John Russell 970-302-3947 trinity.bees@comcast.net
Longmont:

Chad Street 303-669-9520 chadjstreet@msn.com
(Chad is a certified arborist as well as a beekeeper. He specializes in tree removals and will travel all over the Front Range.)
Loveland:

Gary Houghteling 970-391-1478 bgh@q.com
Matt Kroger 970-412-0981 troutpropertyservices@comcast.net

Thanks for posting the info TheGrey. If those folks can't or don't need any more swarms they will alert the swarm hotline and someone will come get them.

Bee keepers are fighting mother nature this time of year trying various techniques to keep their bees from swarming. Sometimes they work sometimes not. When hives come out of winter strong their numbers will trigger a new queen to be made by the hive. When she leaves she will take up to half of the workers. They take a big meal of honey before they leave in the swarm. After leaving they ball up while scouts are out looking for suitable diggs. Once found the whole swarm leaves to their new home.

The bees are quite docile they don't want to sting with so much honey in them. Their priority is to get in the new location and start building comb so they can collect necture and pollen and the queen can start laying eggs.

I'm going out this am to check my hives out.


http://coloradobeekeepers.org/colora...swarm-hotline/

2 years ago I heard a loud buzzing outside my window. Open up the blinds, and what do I see?

http://i.imgur.com/iwdsWPAh.jpg