swarm-list Mailing List: Re: Swarm in Berkeley on wood side Rd. Accessible but interesting

[The Bay Architects (bayarch]

Swarm eventually caught after much work and patience. Bees were on the side trunk of an Hawaian fern. On arrival in afternoon, brushed bees into a box. On return at 7PM, they had all gone back onto trunk and embedded themselves into the folds and crevices of dead fronds. With Owner's permission, I pulled off the dead 4" to 6" fronds and removed cotton like material in order to eliminate queen's phermons from the trunk. They kept returning and I kept brushing till very little amount remained on trunk. I left for an hour's walk in the neighborhood and returned to find them all settled in. Double wrapped in bedsheet and brought home.

Lesson; get rid of the mass of dead fronds from the beginning.

JIm

The Bay Architects
1840 B Alcatraz Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94703
(510) 420-1484 Tel
(510) 420-1165 Fax

On Monday, June 22, 2026 at 12:10:59 PM PDT, Gerald Przybylski via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:

Claim to Jim

On 6/22/26 12:09 PM, The Bay Architects via swarm-list wrote:

I can  Jim

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