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What to do when a swarm of bees lands in your yard - click on report a swarm!!
https://vimeo.com/121845599 Happy to have your comments here but to have the swarm removed please click on Report a Swarm and complete the details.
Read more →Small Hive Beetle infestation
I did a normal spring inspection of this hive and to my surprise I found it absolutely innundated with SHB!!! They were everywhere - bottom board, between the frames, top board. I...
Read more →Swarms in Central Arkansas-USA
Swarms in Central Arkansas are up this year. I have collected so far since April 12, 2014 - Swarms totalling 34 and 12 Trap Outs established in new hives. I have caught 18 sw...
Read more →Colorado Top Bar Hive as designed by Open Source Beehives team
SwarmPatrol.com has participated in the crowd funding project to develop a Top Bar Beehive which can be easily cut out using CNC router technologies and then assembled without usin...
Read more →Swarms all over London - they do need SwarmPatrol!!
The warm weather has encouraged bees to start swarming and even central London had them. More and more urban beekeepers even in the centre of London and on roof tops, give rise to...
Read more →SwarmPatrol mentioned in a local Newspaper in Chelmsford MA USA!!
This article resulted in a swarm reported through the web site and collected by one of the Patrollers! Nice work. http://chelmsford.wickedlocal.com/article/20140516/NEWS/1405176...
Read more →Wild Honey Bee Colony Removal in Collaroy
Received a call that a bee swarm had attached itself to a tree in the back yard and they would like to have it removed. I asked how long it has been there and roughly how big i...
Read more →Good article on the Australian drought and its effect on the honeybee
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-reese-halter/australian-honeybees-unable-to-make-honey_b_4670475.html
Read more →Nice Documentary Film on the African Honey Bee and the swarming process - enjoy watching.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e82BGIZh7yM
Read more →Here are some examples of lessons we could learn from bees: by Phil Chandler
https://www.facebook.com/BarefootBeekeeper/posts/721496834551773?comment_id=7348325&notif_t=comment_mention Honeybees live within their means. There are no loans or credit c...
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