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Bee Swarm in Your Space!

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Have you ever seen a wild bee swarm in the city?

We’ve had a lot of people ask us about swarms so here’s how a bee swarm works:
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When a bee hive gets too large, the queen and workers decide it’s time to split.
They create a new queen who will stay in their current location and the more experienced queen will look for a new home with half the worker bees.
One thing a lot of people don’t realize is that when bees are traveling in a swarm like this they are really not looking for a fight. They are usually quite docile in a swarm as long as they don’t feel threatened. Learn more about queens here!
It is also really tiring for the bees so as they are looking for a new home they frequently rest while they send scouting bees out to find an enclosed place to start a new hive. Most of the time if bees are resting in your tree or a bush they aren’t planning to stay. They should move on in a few hours.
So what should you do if you find a swarm on your property?
The bees chow down on honey for their big journey and take off! They don’t know where they are going but they hope to find a safe home in a tree or somewhere.
Unfortunately sometimes they land were people see them and get a little nervous.
A Queen Bee

Check out this short video we did for a local news station to find out! Click on this bee!

 

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Now most of the time that shouldn’t be us at H&H Honey.
We catch them when we can but we don’t always have a hive to put them in and we are dedicated to keeping good care of our bees.
That means we can’t take care of every swarm but there are lots of beekeepers in the valley and a lot of them will re-home your bees for a small fee.

In a nut shell

  1. Don’t bug them
  2. Be patient. They’ll move on most likely
  3. If they stick around for more than 3 days. Call a beekeeper to remove them.
Anyway I hope this helps. Bees are so cool and especially in this desert we live in we need them to pollinate the plants around us!
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We’re getting to the later part of the season so get some while you can!
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Hey also follow me on Instagram if you like looking at bee stuff! That way you can see the hives our honey comes from! Always good to know where you food comes from!

BTW We have lots of delicious desert blossom honey if you want some!