[Pollinator] Bee swarm rescue

[John Purdy]

It not just swarming honeybees, there is a need for trained response to
feral colonies that come into conflict with people, eg. in trees,
electrical equipment houses etc.  People can be seriuosly hurt or bees
might be needlessly killed if this is not done properly

is there a possibility of a national network in Canada and in the US?


On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Johnson, Renee <RJOHNSON at crs.loc.gov>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Has NAPPC or other groups compiled information on efforts to save bee
> swarms? — to answer the staffer’s question at last week’s congressional
> briefing about ‘what to do about swarming bees?’
>
>
>
> Here’s a great clip (with Toni Burnham at DC Beekeepers Alliance):
> http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28004876 (she is very cool)
>
> Here in the DC area, DCBeekeepers is very active catching and saving
> swarms to build a new hive.
>
> Also see:
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/when-bees-swarm-its-good-news--for-the-bees-anyway/2014/06/23/68c33a80-dd15-11e3-b745-87d39690c5c0_story.html
>
>
>
> BANV also provides some support catching swarms:
> http://beekeepersnova.wordpress.com/club-activities/bee-swarms/bee-wranglers/
>
> Prince William Regional Beekeepers Association (PWRBA) has similar
> information on their website: http://pwrbeekeepers.com/
>
>
>
> If it doesn’t exist already, maybe NAPPC could consider a public service
> on this?
>
>
>
> This same question (‘what to do about swarming bees?’) often comes into
> our local VCE extension offices each year and there is often little
> information about what to do — and some volunteer master gardeners who work
> the phones often just suggest calling an exterminator! This might be a
> useful partnership.
>
>
>
> Renee
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> Renee Johnson
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> Congressional Research Service
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