[Pollinator] Request for information about emergency swarm collecting

Mon Apr 10 07:00:10 PDT 2006

In light of this unfortunate incident (see article below), can I ask the 
NAPPC beekeepers if there is a standardized way to notify or register with 
local authorities (police, fire, 911) to serve as an on-call bee swarm 
collector?

Most authorities will not call pest control agencies if they receive a 
public call for immediate action.

Thanks for your ideas,

~Kim

P.S.:  Responses to the news reported by this station can be sent to the 
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"Bee Swarm Barricades Customers
Angela Word, KFOX Associate Producer

POSTED: 8:32 pm MDT April 9, 2006

April 9, 2006 -- A massive bee swarm forces the El Paso Fire Department to 
spring into action.

Three fire units responded to an eastside Luby's restaurant just after 2:00 
Sunday afternoon after a customer reported hundreds of bees swarming by 
their car.

The customer ran inside and asked for help.

The manager of the restaurant took no chances and called a pest control 
company as well as firefighters.

Customers inside the Luby's were forced to stay indoors while crews handled 
the problem.

"The fire department came by and they sprayed it with some insecticides and 
some poisons once they got it taken care of they announced to everyone that 
they could leave, they were inside the building for about an hour," said 
Victor Valadez, the manager of Luby's.

No one was injured.

Fire officials say they only respond to bee swarms if a person or pet is in 
immediate danger.

http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/8583540/detail.html

Kimberly Winter, Ph.D.
International Coordinator
North American Pollinator Protection Campaign
E-mail: NAPPCoordinator at hotmail.com
Internet: www.nappc.org
Ph: (301) 219-7030

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