swarm-list Mailing List: Re: Swarm taking up bird house in Rockridge No Oakland

Thanks for coming to their rescue.

Last year, I think, we had a zoom speaker talk about bumblebees. 

(terrific pollinators, btw, especially for tomato)

I was surprised to learn they nest for only part of the spring/summer, 

then produce queens that 'winter-over' until the next brood cycle next 

year.

The colony will build and become progressively more of a mess.
They will produce queens, and then activity will cease.

We beekeepers may think we failed because they died out, but queen 

production ends their brood cycle

probably before our usual dearth.

Yoko, can you let us know when they finish up, and if you can, what 

species they are?

It would be cool to know when the various species end their brood 

cycle.   (as a hotline volunteer it's info I can share on those calls)

Thanks,
Jerry

On 4/6/25 1:02 PM, Yoko Kumano via swarm-list wrote:

Checked on these earlier today and they were bumblebees. They were active 
already at 10am, so I told the homeowner I would go back and get them around 
7:30.

He has a small child and seemed anxious to have them out of his yard.

I love bumblebees and will rehome them in my yard. Last year, I rehomed some 
that were living in a box full of dryer lint.

On Apr 6, 2025, at 09:33, Pamela Weimer <pamela.weimer [at] gmail.com> wrote:

Claim to Yoko

Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 6, 2025, at 9:22 AM, Yoko Kumano <yokuma [at] gmail.com> wrote:

I can go.

Yoko
510-862-2232
Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 6, 2025, at 09:18, Pamela Weimer via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] 
alamedabees.org> wrote:

Caller went out to check for baby birds and found bees inside.  He ID’d them 
correctly.  Bird house is on a tree trunk with twine and easily cut at about 4 ft up.  He said 
he’d like the house back if possible.

Who would like this?

Sent from my iPhone

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Re: Swarm taking up bird house in Rockridge No Oakland	<– Date –> <– Thread –>
From: Gerald Przybylski (gtp000000gmail.com)
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2025 13:24:59 -0700 (PDT)