Posts by dedkosbees
Every winter, thousands of honey bee colonies are trucked to California’s Central Valley to help with the pollination of the almond groves.
May 25, 2021 After a scorcher of a weekend, the temps have dropped in the past two days. However, looks like we’re returning to 85+ temps tomorrow, so I’m looking for an uptick in bee swarming behavior! Keep your eyes open for swarms and be sure to contact me should you see one. Be sure Read more
Honey bees are shown at the entrance to the hive on the landing board “fanning” (beating their wings), literally serving as “fans” to control the internal temperature of the hive. They are truly climate control specialists.
This was assembled for use when bee swarms need a little persuasion to evacuate and move to their new home. It’s really quite safe and the bees never even get near the vacuum’s motor assembly. Useful when bees are sometimes located behind a wall or other limited-access location. Moves them to a new home fairly Read more
This swarm alighted just this afternoon at around 3:30. We’ll see if they “overnight” in the bait hive or were “just browsing” before they’ve moved to another location. Turns out they had set up shop over night! Even had some comb drawn out.(quick glimpse of comb seen on inside of lid). They have been busy. Read more
Pollen is an essential component of life for honey bees as they forage for and gather it. It is a pain if you, like me, suffer from exposure to pollen at this time of the year. An extremely useful website (and app) I’ve been using for the past few years is pollen.com. It provides a Read more
With local temperature highs expected to be in the mid to upper 80’s in the coming five days, the prime swarm season is upon us as the bees feel crowded and are looking to swarm. Keep your eyes open and let me know of any swarms you might see!
