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Sun Apr 6, 2025, 09:21 PM Apr 6

Shelbyville beekeeper offers to re-home bee swarms

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/pollinator-protection-shelbyville-beekeeper-offers-to-rehome-bee-swarms

"It was a tough winter for bees across the country, and industry experts are raising concerns after hundreds of millions of them died.

While many researchers are working to determine the cause, a local beekeeper in Shelbyville is helping preserve the bees that are still alive by offering to rehome some.
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Now he's taking all that knowledge and helping out folks who encounter a swarm of bees this spring near their yard, house, or wherever they form this spring.

Allen said when the bee hives get more packed this time of year, a swarm happens when a group of bees are pushed out and looking for a new home.
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"I'm going to bring along a hive box with some frames that they can get started in making that colony give them a new home,” Allen said. (More at link)
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