Mike
        I've set up shop at Auburn University, AL. Since the last message I
posted, the Auburn University police department called me about a swarm
of bees harassing students and faculty. The bees soon moved off, but my
office has been inundated with other calls about swarming honey bees.
This is
my first summer in Alabama, and after speaking to beekeepers I am under
the impression that this amount of swarming is not a typical occurrence.
My only regret is that I don't have the equipment to recapture some of
them. I hear that you folks in Georgia are reporting record numbers
of honey bee swarms as well. Warm weather and large nectar flows seem to
be the culprits in Southeastern Alabama.
        I just returned from visiting the quarantine station in Mobile,
they are reporting a lot of swarming behavior. Even two africanized
swarms were captured down there. Well, I suppose we should be on the
lookout. Heh!!
 
 Well I'll sign off for now, Mike. Keep in touch.
 
                                                Best wishes,
                                                Blair
 
Blair J. Sampson
Dept. of Entomology
Auburn University,
Auburn, Alabama
36849-5413  USA
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