Category - swarming

honey bee behavior • spring management • swarming

Backfilling the brood nest

11 years ago

23 Comments

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honey bee behavior • swarming

Bee sweet and don’t ask me such things!

11 years ago

3 Comments

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swarming

A perfect swarm

11 years ago

24 Comments

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honey bee behavior • swarming

One trap catches two swarms . . . at the same time

11 years ago

7 Comments

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swarming

One tree, three swarms

11 years ago

2 Comments

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honey bee behavior • swarming

“A swarm in June . . .” No, make that two

11 years ago

7 Comments

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honey bee behavior • swarming

A swarm in June is worth a silver spoon

11 years ago

6 Comments

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swarming

Romancing the swarm: the dream of wild bees

11 years ago

13 Comments

3 min read

bee biology • swarming

Drones signal the onset of swarm season

12 years ago

33 Comments

1 min read

beekeeping equipment • how to • swarming

My design for a bait hive

12 years ago

25 Comments

4 min read

honey bee management • how to • making increase • queen bees • swarming

How to make a walkaway split

12 years ago

94 Comments

2 min read

beekeeping equipment • how to • making increase • queen rearing • swarming

How to start multiple hives from a swarm-control split

12 years ago

19 Comments

3 min read

diseases • honey bee management • how to • making increase • queen bees • swarming

How to make a swarm-control split

12 years ago

103 Comments

3 min read

honey bee behavior • swarming

Usurpation: when one colony takes over another

12 years ago

32 Comments

2 min read

honey bee behavior • swarming

Shaking the queen into shape

12 years ago

8 Comments

2 min read

beekeeping equipment • swarming

Honey bees ignore swarm traps

12 years ago

35 Comments

3 min read