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Swarm Squad!
DC Bees' Swarm Retrieval Tips
DAY: Wednesday, April, 2022 (2nd Wednesday of every month)
TIME: 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
PARTICIPATE TO LEARN: Insights to Catching swarms -- Guest Speaker Toni Burnham
WHERE: This meeting was recorded. When you are logged in, scroll down to see the video.
EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Learn the ins and outs of swarm catching from DCBA's "Swarm Squad" member Toni Burnham:
- Popular swarm catching gadgets
- How to access a swarm for catch-ability
- Creating a “go-kit” for beekeepers interested in catching swarms
- Adventure stories from past Swarm Squad missions
Since 2014, DCBA has organized a group swarm response system called “The Swarm Squad” in order to offset one potential complication of the popularity of urban beekeeping: swarms landing where they aren’t wanted and freaking out the civilians. Using both internal and community social media channels, the Swarm Squad averages about 50 participants each year, covering every zip code in DC. Their response times average less than an hour, and they were declared Essential Workers during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown!
LINKS From Toni about Swarms:
- Beekeepers Handbook 5th edition, Sammataro and Avitabile 185-200 https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501752612/the-beekeepers-handbook/
- Complete: Swarm Essentals by Repaskey http://wicwas.com/project/swarm-essentials-23-00/ (or order from Steve srepasky@gmail.com)
- Jump off point for splits — https://www.honeybeesuite.com/splits-2/?fbclid=IwAR0__ao3bbtu-WNhjyjxNJp2CELSU5hR5JjHEPVmwYuMd34gTuf-q9iEjiU
- Published paper on Bait hives — https://pollinator.cals.cornell.edu/sites/pollinator.cals.cornell.edu/files/shared/documents/Bait%20Hives%20for%20Honey%20Bees_accessible1.pdf
- https://entomology.cals.cornell.edu/extension/wild-pollinators/native-bees-your-backyard/
AGENDA:
| 6:30 pm ET | NEW! Member Meet-up! Join Zoom before the meeting starts and you can talk with old friends, meet new friends, and have a good time. How it works: when you join the main room, you will see options to join breakout rooms. You can invite people to join you in one of those rooms, or you can dip in and out of conversations already happening in those rooms. It is purposely unstructured so you can socialize with fellow members. Give it a try and send your feedback to Phil Frank here. |
| 7:00.pm.ET | * Club Announcements from MCBA's President, Eric Malcolm * Discussions and Q&A |
| 7:30.pm.ET | Toni Burnham - Tips from the Swarm Squad. Preparations, Actions, and Fun Cautionary Tales! |
Toni Burnham Bio
Toni Burnham is the past president and founder of the DC Beekeepers Alliance, past president of Maryland State Beekeepers Association (and current secretary), sometime writer for Bee Culture. Have kept bees since 2005, when I took my beginners course with MCBA: a community to which I will always be grateful!