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A swarm may contain from 1,500 to 30,000 bees including, workers, drones, and a queen. Swarming is an instinctive part of the annual life cycle of a honey bee colony. It provides a mechanism for the colony to reproduce itself.
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entomology.unl.edu/beekpg/beeswarm.shtml
entomology.unl.edu/beekpg/beeswarm.shtml
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They are swarming honey bees. Want to know what to do with them? Please, whatever you do, don't kill them! If you live in Gaston County, North Carolina, call one of the volunteers on our swarm list and they will come out and retrieve them.
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www.ces.ncsu.edu/gaston/Pests/swarms.html
www.ces.ncsu.edu/gaston/Pests/swarms.html
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Swarming is part of the reproductive cycle in honey bees. Though honey bees reproduce individual bees through mating and egg-laying, swarming is how honey bees create new colonies. The process of swarming involves production of a new queen within an individual colony.
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www.ces.ncsu.edu/cumberland/beepage/swarm.shtml
www.ces.ncsu.edu/cumberland/beepage/swarm.shtml
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Some home owners become concerned about these swarms of bees they find clustering on trees in their yards. Swarming bees usually are not aggressive and are not likely to sting unless disturbed. Bee swarms usually find a home within a day or so and the cluster will leave the tree limb on their own.
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www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef606.asp
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Honey bee swarms may contain several hundred to several thousand worker bees, a few drones and one queen. Swarming bees fly around briefly and then cluster on a tree limb, shrub or other object.
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www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/node/9
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How to exterminate destructive bees from your building ... 1. Spraying individual bees will kill them, but what does that matter when there are thousands more back in the nest. The best method is to destroy the entire colony. 2. Buy a bag of SEVIN® dust. It is sold in most Home and Garden stores.
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www.kolias.com/homegarden/bees.htm
www.kolias.com/homegarden/bees.htm
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The bees blanketed homes near Gatlin Avenue and Waterwitch Point when the tree branch suddenly snapped off and exposed the hive, according to witnesses.
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Imagine driving down the highway amid the typical stream of cars and trucks to suddenly discover millions of bees swarming toward the morning commute. ... Bees escaped when a rig carrying more than 400 hives flipped on its side;
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www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/17/swarming.bees/index.html
www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/17/swarming.bees/index.html
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