Re: Bees

Jim F's advice is good if you want to be rid of them. If you'd like to keep them, call that same beekeeper & see if he'd sell you a hive with a few frames to get started. Set it up at the same height as the swarm (on a ladder) or just under it. It's likely they will move to the box. If the sago has a hollow stem, they may want to stay there.
Bees are neat. That looks like a healthy swarm, with enough bees to survive and prosper.
----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
To: "Garden Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 4:34 PM
Subject: [CHAT] Bees


Looked out the front door a few minutes ago, and-- http://snipurl.com/rhq7 --a swarm of bees has camped out across the patio on one of the presumed dead trunks of the queen sago. If you go to the picture, then click on "next picture" you should get an enlargement of the proximate middle of the swarm. Very hard to photograph--the wings of those on the outside are flapping exceeding fast to keep that mass cool at the core.

Step one was to admire the swarm from as close as I could get comfortably. Step two was to photograph them. I have no idea what step three is.

Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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