swarm-list Mailing List: Re: Oakland/Emeryville swarm

[Ruby Kimberly (rubychristinakimberly]

I went this afternoon and the bees left right as I was arriving in scattered fashion. I walked down the block and many were flying around a garden but not congregating on anything. About twenty minutes later they regrouped back at the original site and were fanning. I placed a frame out like a bridge between the base of the tree where they were and the nuc box. Many began gathering there but I then discovered a small secondary clump on the ground a couple feet away. Sadly, it turned out they were surrounding a dead queen. I put her in the box and they all followed. I just now returned to pick them up and they were still in there. I will attempt to add them to one of my hives tomorrow using the newspaper method.

On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM Jeff Horwitz via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:

if nobody's responded, I can go make a run at this. it's in my neighborhood

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Jeff Horwitz

(202) 480 4453

On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM Pamela Weimer via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:

Just arrived and callers convinced her sees the queen walking around.  At base of tree maybe trying to get in maybe resting the queen.

A quick job to get a swarm box down and get these girls inside if someone can go now.

Located at Isjkand/Emeryville border Gokden Gate neighborhood


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