swarm-list Mailing List: Fw: SWARM! San Leandro roughly 12' up, near 880 and Marina

[Liz Griffiths (lizziesque]

Sweet little swarm in a guava tree who had built a 3" x 3" piece of comb. They 
were queenless and lots of them were flying around confused but luckily there 
was a fake queen pheromone stick in the kit bag and as soon as some of the bees 
got collected and placed in the nuc box along with it, the flyers started to 
rush in, (if you don't have a queen pheromone stick in your kit, I highly 
recommend them - available online from Mann Lake). The homeowners were 2 
wonderful women who filled the car seat with bags of Myer lemons and oranges! 
They also had these little "cat shelves" on the fence which made leaving the 
nuc box there till this evening super convenient. What a lovely Sunday swarm 
experience! Meet Swarm Guava:




----- Forwarded Message -----

From: Paula Breen <paulaellen70 [at] gmail.com>
To: Liz Griffiths <lizziesque [at] sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2026 at 12:06:27 PM PDT
Subject: Re: [ACBA Swarmlist] SWARM! San Leandro roughly 12' up, near 880 and 
Marina


Liz has a soft spot for the baby swarms! Thanks Liz. Info shortly.

On Sun, Mar 22, 2026, 12:03 PM Liz Griffiths <lizziesque [at] sbcglobal.net> 
wrote:
> 
> 
> I’ll go
> Liz
> 
>> On Mar 22, 2026, at 11:49 AM, Paula Breen via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] 
>> alamedabees.org> wrote:
>> 

>> Smallish 
>> 
>> On Sun, Mar 22, 2026, 11:46 AM Paula Breen <paulaellen70 [at] gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>> Jen called about a swarm in her tree, looks to be maybe 10 feet up or so. 
>>> She said they are on a thin branch but looks a bit tangled in there. The 
>>> tree is in the neighbor's yard but the access is from her yard and the 
>>> neighbors have been notified. Who would like to collect these girls now and 
>>> return after dark to ensure no bee left behind?
>>> 
>>> If you collected a swarm in the last 24 hours, please hold off 5 minutes 
>>> before making a claim.
>>> 
>>> Safety first! No swarm is worth risking injury to self, or host. 
>>> Make sure you're familiar with the swarm catching guidelines at
>>> <https://www.alamedabees.org/swarm-catching-guidelines/>.
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