The Alameda County Beekeepers Association

FWIW, the Swarm Hotline gets Bumblebee calls a few times a year. I hope this program will provide us

Mean green queen absconded with the small hive. This is the hive that had suffered from a small hive

That a cool picture! On Mon, Jul 15, 2024, 3:23 PM Charles Beeler <beeler...@gmail.com>

I have learned to be careful how I pick up a dead bee. On Mon, Jul 15, 2024, 8:33 AM Kurt Schaefer

Yes On Sat, Jul 13, 2024 at 3:04 PM Chef Pete <bigpe...@gmail.com> wrote: Im a chef in

I suggested either moving it a foot a day, or just move it and reunite the foragers who home to the

Bayron - taking this off swarmlist to BeeTalk so we don't spam swarmlist with other bee related

Why am I announcing this? The caller said the SF club's # wasn't answering. Do you know

Up your game with inspecting in my upcoming in-person class! Online I'll be teaching a Prep for

And after some more poking around, here's a downloadable PDF version of the actual study: https:/

Hi Ralph this is a good place to start https://xerces.org/pollinator-resource-center/california

Starts at 7pm Pleasant hill community ctr

Hey folks! Just wanted to announce there's a free hive dive on Saturday, July 27 at 10:00 AM with

I like paper documents, but I imagine a hive monitor might tell me the internal temperature, which

I have seen bees free sisters from cobwebs on a string of lights. https://www.indiatimes.com/news/

Floret Farms, a nice garden site, did an experiment over the past years making some pollinator strips

And here are some better stats on observations in the bay area on i-Naturalist. https://www.

Close enough so other senses like smell and color of flower can get them the rest of the way.

Does anyone in this organization live in District 1, in San Leandro (E. 14th/Dolores Ave to Estudillo

I once captured a swarm on a lattice fence. They were clustered on both sides of the fence but I only

Yep -- just got back from the fair; done for the year! Thank you so much to everyone helped out with

Left a voicemail. Thank you. On Sun, Jul 7, 2024 at 3:10 PM 'Elinor N. LEVINE' via The

That's great that the garden is doing so well. Thanks very much. Is for all your work. Just one

A big "thank you" to Jerry and all the swarm hotline volunteers, who are helping both club

Thank you all for the feedback! Jerry- I did the test with precisely half cup of bees on all of them

That dragon fly was trapped in the building when I was at the booth 6/22. Amazing that someone was

Sorry for the delay replying. I didn't notice your email until today. Many beekeepers have a

Yes it's a Queen defender hive and able to split in half (3 or 4 mating nucs). Mimi Sent from my

Coincidentally, yesterday that child-size suit got its first use at the apiary:  Thanks to Jim

Jerry... It is possible that a particular forage can cause bees to become more defensive, but my