swarm-list Mailing List: Re: Swarm in Pleasant HILL - Alas

[Heidi Munoz Gleisner (heidi.gleisner]

We were deep cleaning all our animal enclosures on our little suburban homestead so I wasn’t near my phone to see the posts about this swarm in our general area until a friend reached out to us.  We also hit commuter traffic that slowed our arrival, but we did arrive within 30 minutes of being given the address.  

The next part that didn’t go well is that the person who called the swarm line wasn’t responding to his phone or texts upon our arrival to point us in the right direction.  

The kids and I looked and looked…then suddenly we HEARD the bees.  Looked up and a massive swarm was flying over us FAR into the Open Space and far away from any other homes or people.  

Jerry: thanks for the tip that most calls come in between noon and 4pm.  I’ll try to monitor my phone better during those hours. 

Heidi (and Jamison and Brielle)

On May 1, 2024, at 5:24 PM, Gerald Przybylski via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:

Oh man....  that  is a sad outcome.  They were posted quite a while ago, though. 

It appears the economy is too hot, so more potential swarm chasers are chained to their jobs

during the noon to four pm time-frame when the swarm calls tend to come in.

j

On 5/1/24 5:12 PM, Scott Kelly wrote:

Heidi called me in transit. She is more local and could get to them sooner.  The impatient bees took off upon her arrival.  This one got away but headed into open space.

Thanks for managing the swarm line.

Scott

On Wed, May 1, 2024, 3:35 PM Gerald Przybylski <gtp000000 [at] gmail.com> wrote:

This is stale enough.  Info to Scott. Good Luck. Hope they're still there.

On 5/1/24 3:33 PM, Scott Kelly wrote:

Jerry.  I can go but it will take a bit to get there.  Hopefully they will wait patiently.

srkelly [at] gmail.com 

408 621 0332

Scott

On Wed, May 1, 2024, 2:06 PM Gerald Przybylski via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:

Sorry my fingers got away from me with "pleasanton hill" earlier.

Definitely Pleasant Hill - saddle Ridge area east of I-680

On 5/1/24 1:35 PM, Eric Smith wrote:

> Can someone else take this?  I miss read the location as Pleasanton.

>

> ericsmith1961 [at] gmail.com

> 925-519-6520

>

>> On May 1, 2024, at 1:14 PM, Gerald Przybylski <gtp000000 [at] gmail.com> wrote:

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