[Pollinator] Bee swarm rescue

[Johnson, Renee]

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
Specialist in Agricultural Policy
Congressional Research Service
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rjohnson at crs.loc.gov<mailto:rjohnson at crs.loc.gov>

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