Just curious -- How have the heavy bee losses over
autumn and winter affected the number of swarms this
spring? Here in eastern Missouri swarm calls are
almost nonexistent compared to last year.

I spoke the other day to the swarm coordinator for our
local organization -- she said she'd only gotten two
calls so far, compared with dozens by this time in a
normal year.

Eugene Makovec
Kirkwood MO USA

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