{"id":24,"date":"2011-08-20T11:04:45","date_gmt":"2011-08-20T16:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldendoodlesforme.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2014-07-27T16:39:43","modified_gmt":"2014-07-27T21:39:43","slug":"swarm-removal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.beewhisperer.us\/wordpress\/?page_id=24","title":{"rendered":"Swarm Removal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When a honey bee colony becomes over crowded and conditions are right the colony splits in two in a process called swarming.\u00a0The queen along with a large number of worker bees leave the original hive to establish a new one, leaving the old hive with a new queen just about to hatch. The swarm, which may contain 10,000 to 50,000 bees (usually about 20-30,000) flies from the hive and settles\u00a0near by in a large cluster of bees.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next few hours or days the swarm sends out scouts to find a new suitable location to build a new hive. This may be in any suitable size space whether its\u00a0a hollow tree or more problematically in the wall cavity of a house.<\/p>\n<p>Swarms are often heard before they are seen as a cloud of 30,000 bees makes quite a noise! Once settled the bees are very quite.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_35\" style=\"width: 287px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/goldendoodlesforme.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Swarm-May-2010.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35\" title=\"Swarm May 2010\" src=\"http:\/\/goldendoodlesforme.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Swarm-May-2010-277x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beewhisperer.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Swarm-May-2010-277x300.jpg 277w, https:\/\/www.beewhisperer.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Swarm-May-2010-946x1024.jpg 946w, https:\/\/www.beewhisperer.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Swarm-May-2010.jpg 1057w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-35\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A small swarm on a tree branch<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is the best time to capture the bees.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/goldendoodlesforme.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Swarm-May-2010-b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-38\" title=\"Swarm May 2010 b\" src=\"http:\/\/goldendoodlesforme.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Swarm-May-2010-b-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beewhisperer.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Swarm-May-2010-b-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.beewhisperer.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Swarm-May-2010-b-774x1024.jpg 774w, https:\/\/www.beewhisperer.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Swarm-May-2010-b.jpg 865w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you need me to remove a swarm for you call right away (207) 299 6948<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a honey bee colony becomes over crowded and conditions are right the colony splits in two in a process called swarming.\u00a0The queen along with a large number of worker bees leave the original hive to establish a new one, leaving the old hive with a new queen just about to hatch. The swarm, which &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beewhisperer.us\/wordpress\/?page_id=24\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beewhisperer.us\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beewhisperer.us\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beewhisperer.us\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beewhisperer.us\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beewhisperer.us\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.beewhisperer.us\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.beewhisperer.us\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beewhisperer.us\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}