Hello again from Mid Tennessee... In the past 2 weeks, I have seen 9 swarms, right here... at my hives. When I began, I had 5 good hives. Certainly not enough to produce 9 swarms!! After swarm #9, I thought... Someone nearby has to have hives. I certainly did not see this last spring! So I did a Google map search around my area. I found my property and it shows the hives. Cool.. let's look around. I think I found the source of the swarms.. I will take a drive around and see if they indeed are hives. The last swarm caught me off guard.. I was tending my hives and I heard a bunch of swarms so I know what they sound like without looking... I hear this swarm. I turned and there it was... HUGE swarm... It came right at me.. I just stood there. It was exhilarating!! They went past me, through my trees, a big cedar and Silver Maple. I followed them. I lost sight of the swarm but I could hear them! I spotted them again.. They crossed the road and into another grove of trees in another neighborhood.. I jumped in my truck and tried to find them. I talked with several people and gave them my number... Nada... Then we had a huge rain the next day... All day.. So if they did not get to their home, I doubt they made it through the rain.. Whoa.. that was quite a day!
Topic: Spring Swarms (Read 934 times)