Mea wrote:

>It would be helpful to start such a map by telling us where you are.
>Here, just north of San Francisco, our nine colonies (plus a feral colony
>in a tree) are all wiped out. ...  So a swarm map is an interesting
>idea.  To start: San Anselmo (Marin County, California) -- zero.  Mea

    In Santa Barbara we have had swarms for a couple of months now,
quite usual for here (eucalyptus starts blooming in November.

    Now, though, we have small and numerous swarms.  That is not
unexpected, either, given that we have had Africanized honey bees in
our area for a few years now.

                                                Adrian
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