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If you are in the Ashland
OH (Ashland County, Richland County) area and need us to remove a swarm of honey bees or capture a nest in your
building, tree, etc. - please call us at 419-289-6701.
Bee Swarms
Can you identify these bees?
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What Is a Honey Bee Swarm?
Honey bee colonies
reproduce by a process called swarming. During mid-winter, the queen
begins laying eggs and the colony population grows. By spring, the nest is
congested with many new bees. The colony raises a new queen and the old queen
flies away accompanied by more than half the bees.
This flying swarm
temporarily clusters on an object, such as a tree branch, while scout bees
search for a permanent nest site. A hanging swarm may assume any shape,
depending on the surface on which it is clustered. Most hanging swarms are round
or oval, about the size of a basketball, and dark brown.
Swarms in the clustered
stage are relatively gentle, and the risk of stings is low. Nevertheless, treat
swarms with caution. A swarm usually relocates to a permanent nest -- a hollow
tree, abandoned beekeeper's hive, or inside a hollow wall -- within
24 hours.
 
 
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