swarm-list Mailing List: A couple of things about postings from the Presentation at the last ACBA meeting and the guidelines

[Gerald Przybylski (gtp000000]

    > 
    > I didn't find them.  Anyone else wanna hunt for them?
    > 
    
    The answer should be "No."
    
    
    From the PowerPoint at the last meeting:
>  Goals:
>         • Answer Hotline calls without delay – a single contact #
>         • Prompt “dispatching” to beekeepers
>         • Prompt  Swarm Recovery    (before they fly off) 
>         • Fairness connecting  swarm-calls with members
>         • Filtering on the front end     (Scouts, Wasps, Info, Bumble,
>         Advice)
>         • Avoid pile-ups and fights over who gets the bees
>     
    Jonathan Zamick, when he reorganized swarm-handling in ACBA a dozen
    years ago, 
    structured it to avoid pile-up problems,  and improve fairness.
    
    Pile-ups can happen if the posting contains too much information,
    tempting members to "game the system." 
    Swarm-postings as NOT clues to be chased down in a race.  
    Volunteers post the neighborhood or general area (cross
    streets).  (only in emergencies are specifics posted)
    For my postings,   when they name a street,   the swarm is
    on private property in a back yard,   so you won't find it
    by driving the street. 
    For my postings naming cross streets,    the intersection
    is a block, or several blocks,   from where the swarm actually is.
    The goal is to avoid a pile-up of beekeepers, and make it difficult
    for sharp-operators to ace-out  the beek that made the claim. 
    (the only time pile-ups or acing-out should occur is if the other
    beek is NOT a swarm-list member, and got the information some other
    way. It happens)
    
    Sharing the abundance: 
    If you got a swarm via the ACBA hotline in the last day or two,
    please wait 10 or 15 minutes after the posting to claim. 
    This gives the less-lucky members with crankier, laggier  email
    systems to get a swarm.  
    We can get swarms to more bee-less beeks so they won't be tempted to
    bring out-of-area bees into the bay area 
    out of frustration that the swarm hotline isn't serving them.   
    If you have bees and vacancies in your apiary, your need isn't as
    great as our bee-less fellow members. 
    We're less than half way through the season, so many, many more
    swarms will need to be placed. 
    
    The good weather 2 weeks ago seems to have caused the initial bump
    in swarm calls to happen about 2 weeks earlier than typical.
    This week of more typically seasonal weather dampened swarming.  
    Six swarms in the last 5 days.

    The swarm volunteers have handled over 110 swarm calls already (out
    of ~260 calls).  
    We can expect 200 or 250 more calls between now and July, so if you
    still need bees, don't panic. 
    
    If "Push" is an option with your email client, than select that.  
    Set your phone to Alert on email updates, and check the screen when
    it beeps.  
    Keep your swarm gear in the car so you're ready to go when the call
    comes in. 
    
    Thank you for your cooperation. 
    btw,  sorry the Alert to everyone about renewing ACBA membership
    before April 1 caused unnecessary anxiety. 
    
    Jerry

On Sun, Mar 30, 2025, 8:41 AM Robin Chatham <angel2020connect [at] gmail.com> wrote:

I'm nearby angel2020connect [at] gmail.com 925-858-9760 Robin

On Sun, Mar 30, 2025, 8:23 AM Jerry Przybylski via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:

Stuck in a conference call 9-11 am
>
> On Mar 30, 2025, at 7:40 AM, Jerry Przybylski <gtp000000 [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> Lower than 6 feet.
> A sort of rose bush
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