We live in very western NY and collected 3 swarms over the past week (Sept 4-11) week. Two of the swarms were big reminiscent of a 5# package of bees. Talking to the other beeks in the area they also have been hiving many swarms. I do not recall this abundance of swarms this late in the year in the years past. Has anyone else been experiencing this phenomenon? And what would trigger so many late swarms? Dennis western NY, USA *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm