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Ollie Foraging Bee
Joined: 27 Nov 2015 Posts: 136 Location: Ireland, west
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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 9:24 am Post subject: Early swarms |
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Hi all
I've been reading allot about various activities of bees in different parts of the world mainly USA and UK. I have read a couple articles ( don't ask which one now as I've read too many to find them again!), but the authors mention that because of the mild winter we have had, the bees might well swarm early as the queens have started early this winter???
Any thoughts from the expert beeks on here?
Thanks Ollie |
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catchercradle Golden Bee

Joined: 31 May 2010 Posts: 1550 Location: Cambridge, UK
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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 11:13 am Post subject: |
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I think it was three years ago I got my first swarm in April and thought that with the general warming of our climate the old rhyme needs to be rewritten.
I wouldn't be surprised if swarming starts early but then nothing my bees does surprises me now because they clearly haven't read the book. |
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Trip Foraging Bee

Joined: 19 Mar 2010 Posts: 130 Location: USA, New York, Westchester
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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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No swarms here yet. I follow the swarm pages on Beesource to watch the swarm season as it moves north each year and so far nothing outside of Florida on the east coast of the US. |
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