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SVBA Honey Bee Swarm
Capture Contact
List: |
Name
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Phone |
Email |
Swarm
Retrieval Area
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| Bill
Markus |
360-661-0452 |
billmarkus52@gmail.com |
Sedro-Woolley,
Burlington Area |
| Alerd
Johnson |
360-421-7953 |
alerdjohnson@hotmail.com |
Anacortes
& Mount Vernon |
| Brad Raspet |
360-708-9424 |
brad.raspet@gmail.com |
Mount
Vernon, Burlington,
Sedro-Woolley Area |
| Rob
Johnson |
360-770-6170 |
rsjohnson2u@yahoo.com |
Anacortes-Fidalgo Island, Burlington |
| Steve
Winchell |
425-501-9701 |
winchell@wavecable.com |
No.
Snohomish, So. Skagit, Camano
Island |
| Bill
Redding |
360-391-4659 |
reddbill@gmail.com |
Western
Skagit County |
| Dawn
Beck |
206-719-3666 |
dawnrunner@live.com |
Skagit
County |
| Stephen
LeBlanc |
360-202-2266 |
newbeekeeper32@yahoo.com |
Any
Skagit & So. Whatcom (highway 9 north and west) |
| Mark
Dye |
360-202-4803 |
mark_dye@frontier.com |
Skagit
County |
| Holly
Bunnell |
425-308-1948 |
hlbunnell@gmail.com |
Arlington,
Darrington, Stanwood North to Conway |
| Jerry
Hopen |
360-320-1374 |
jhopen7@hotmail.com |
Whidbey
Island & Skagit County |
| Bob
Jorgenson |
360-961-9877 |
jorgensonrobert@me.com |
Bellingham/Lake
Samish/Bow |
| Les Scott |
360-303-0396 |
les@leszbees.com |
Whatcom County or Any Unanswered Calls |
| Andrea Nipges |
360-815-2337 |
andreanipges@yahoo.com |
Mt Vernon, Skagit Valley, Stanwood Areas |
Please
note, if you
have a honey bee swarm on your property:
Honey bee
swarm behavior is a natural means of
reproduction for
honey bees
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swarms looking for a new home are usually fairly gentle since they have
no brood or honey to protect. Swarms occur most often in the
spring and early summer. Prior to swarming, the bees will gorge on
honey to fuel their flight, then the queen and a little more than one
half of the
honey bees will take flight in search of a new home. The bee
swarm may take
up
temporary residence on anything nearby - a bush, a tree branch, a
fence, etc. The swarm will stay put for a short period of time
while
the scout bees search for a cavity that be good for their new home.
Honey bee swarms may sometimes find it difficult
to
find a new home, but our Skagit Valley Beekeepers are
always happy to capture a honey bee swarm and provide a good
home
for them. Thank you for calling...
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