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[...] I’ve been getting a lot of calls about Bumble Bees recently, probably half a dozen so far this season. In comparison, last year I got maybe five [...]

[...] Last Saturday, I got a message from a fellow beekeeper friend about a swarm of honey bees she had spotted in her parents’ yard. The swarm in question had set down and formed a [...]

[...] rather docile, not aggressive at all. They are also excellent pollinators, second only to Honey Bees. We have this shrub in our front yard, which when it blooms has these intensely purple flowers & [...]

[...] Bees. I’m not sure if the particular weather we have been having has been favoring the Bumble Bee population, or if my website is currently scoring high for hits on “Bumble Bee Removal [...]

[...] ;t want to miss out on a nice sunny afternoon. So we decided to load the entire gang into the bee mobile and we went for a walk on some trails through some nearby woods. Whenever I’m outside, I [...]

[...] it. Sunday morning came, and the ladies had not taken off yet, so I loaded up the Bee Mobile with the necessary tools and gear and headed for Lake Washington. It was a [...]

[...] selection of a new queen, and therefore the genetic makeup of all subsequent workers. Once a feral colony has gone through several generations of wild-born and mated queens, the genetic stock can [...]

[...] , and the main reason I wanted to see the demonstration, was a bee hive containing some frames of wax comb with live brood and honey inside. The deep super, bottom board, lid and yummy contents were [...]

[...] , and re-locate them either to my back yard or a nearby forerst. Bumble Bees don’t make wax comb, nor do they produce honey in any large quantities. Instead their egg cells look like waxy [...]

[...] . East hive on the other hand, I am still not so sure. Two weeks ago, I didn’t see any new eggs. This time, I saw some. But not a lot. So I wonder if the Queen is having a problem, or if it is [...]

[...] at the center of the swarm cluster, and she survived the transport, then she should start laying new eggs pretty soon after arriving at the new location. [...]

[...] did them in. A quick look revealed no obvious signs of disease and there were plenty of food stores, so they didn’t starve. But in any case, it meant that I was down to one  [...]

[...] , Zoo staff had set up a mock campsite in the same area, complete with tent and unsecured food stores – a classic mistake novice campers make all the time in bear country. We weren’t [...]

What started out as sort of a dreary morning ended up turning into a pretty nice day. With all this crazy weather Seattle has been having lately, we s [...]