Austin Beekeepers

The following men and women collect honey bee swarms in the Austin location or understand how to rapidly find a nearby beekeeper. A phone telephone call is the best way to obtain the beekeeper here rapidly prior to the swarm departs. Kindly call ASAP. I’ll be updating this record when I discover people enthusiastic about getting swarms.

• Konrad Bouffard: 512-923-1024
• Jim Hogg: 512-228-0022
• Brandon Fehrenkamp: 512-569-6270
• Austin 311: The City of Austin should be able to provide a listing of beekeepers and solutions that may come remove swarms and founded hives. Please make an effort to make use of a site that eliminates the bees rather than destroying all of them.

Kindly ask the beekeeper whether there is a fee for their time, gas, or support. According to the scenario, a beekeeper can come take away the bees totally free, but it is always better to ask in advance.

Concern: may be the swarm dangerous?

No. Honey bees in a-swarm are not likely to be intense and sting anyone unless you attack the bees. At this stage they don't have a house to protect and they've got filled up with honey when preparing for the flight to their permanent home. If honey bees stay and build a wax nest they will certainly become intense if you disturb them.

Question: Where performed the honey bees during my garden come from? Exactly why are they swarming?

There's good chance that a permanent nest (feral hive) of bees is based close to the swarm which have just landed. This could be in a cavity in a tree, a building, abandoned barrel, etc. This nest (colony) had a sizable population of honey bees and it has come to an end of space to keep honey, pollen and raise brand-new bees. When this occurs the bees will quickly boost brand-new queens and immediately ahead of the brand-new queens hatch the old queen leaves the hive with about one-half associated with the bees. The queen and bees will most likely travel only a short length, the queen will secure on some item additionally the bees will cluster around the girl creating the swarm. If first swarm doesn't lower the crowding sufficient an extra swarm may emerge.

Question: exactly what will the swarm of honey bees do next easily don’t do anything?

Scout bees from swarm will fly off to try to look for a permanent home. Should they discover the right hole they come back to the swarm and perform a-dance in the cluster interacting the location, dimensions as well as other details about the feasible new home. Bees receiving this information will travel to this area to investigate. Whenever a considerable quantity of bees do the dance for a given location the entire swarm leaves and travel into brand new nest site.

Question: just how long does it simply take bees discover a house?

It might just take just a couple hours, a few days or it may not take place anyway. If the scout bees never find the right web site they may start creating an exposed nest in the swarm area (in a tree, quietly of your dwelling, etc.) This nest could become an issue to you. If you like a beekeeper to fully capture the swarm you will need to get in touch with him or her as quickly as possible. It is advisable to telephone the beekeeper.