swarm-list Mailing List: Are you noticing anything out of the ordinary with this year's roll-out?

[Gerald Przybylski (gtp000000]

    The graph's horizontal axis is truncated at April 2, and shows the
    roll-out of swarm calls since 2017.

    By about a week, this is the earliest Swarm year ever in spite of
    the cold, rainy weather we had, and the roughly normal rainfall. 
    
    2023 had the highest end-of-the-season total of around 450 swarm
    calls.  That was a wet year. 
    
    If you set out swarm traps, and some of these swarms move in,  it'll
    perhaps lighten the load on the swarm-chasers
    who I fear may get burned out,   and tired of seeing their phone
    explode. 
    
    If you're thinking of getting bees, please help us get these swarms
    placed. 
    If you haven't inspected, please do.  You may be able to head off
    some swarming by opening up space in the brood boxes. 
    There's abundant pollen now, so pollen frames will be ignored, so
    you can take them out or move them up into the honey supers.
    
    Please, let's try to not contribute to the swarm problem by managing
    our hives, and splitting them.  :-) 
    
    Pardon the ranting! 
    
    Cheers,
    jerry