On Mon, 21 Mar 1994, Mike Vincent wrote: > This crazy weather is driving everything crazy here in Atlanta( 70 + > degrees) Clover's blooming. My local bee supplier is already saying he has > capped honey and I got a swarm call today for a HUGE swarm! > seeya > Mike Vincent > [log in to unmask] > Mike, we sighted a large swarm here in Auburn, Alabama (March 21). I suppose that hot day last Sunday prompted the swarming behaviour. They nested comfortably in two ornamental cherry trees just short of the greenhouse. The bees formed two clusters in separate trees and then shortly became consolidated into one tree. Why might they break into two masses? Could they be testing the branches support? Curiously yours Blair Sampson ************* Blair Sampson Dept. of Entomology 301 Funchess Hall Auburn University Alabama 36848-5413