Category Archives: Swarms

Stories about bee swarms and the people that hunt them down

A Tale of Three Swarms

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Gary Fawcett

Well guys its swarming season season here in New Zealand, we have had a few days of summer weather and the bees have made good use of it. We attended three swarms in the Auckland Region. Continue reading →

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A tale of three stings – A funny swarm story

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Gary Fawcett

A funny and embarrassing story about a bee swarm we rescued last season. We hope you find this story funny. Continue reading →

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Can the Robinson Vaporiser control your Varroa Mites – Part 1

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Gary Fawcett


We starting selling a new beekeeping product a couple of weeks back, “The Robinson Vaporiser”, we have conducted the following test to see if it works as designed. Here is our observations and how you use the vaporiser. Continue reading →

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The tale of the Pool Side Bees

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Gary Fawcett

Day One Got a call from Mary in Glen Eden, a swarm of bees had taken up residence on the side of her pool house. It was into the Kiwimana mobile after work, with a spare hive that I had … Continue reading →

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Catching a large swarm in Glen Eden!!!

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Gary Fawcett

We got an email from Aaron this morning about a swarm in Glen Eden, that had landed in his front garden. When we got there we had to say “wow” it was the biggest swarm I have every seen. A … Continue reading →

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Picking up the Hawthorn swarm – Part 3 “Third time is the Charm”

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Gary Fawcett

I headed out to work on the Remuera swarm again, hopefully third time lucky. I spoke to Peter from the Franklin bee-club who suggested we take some old comb to attract them. Which I had done last time, but this … Continue reading →

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Picking up the Hawthorn swarm – Part 2

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Gary Fawcett

Second visit to this Remuera hive, we texted the house owner “Nick” this morning and he advised us that the bees had returned to the hedge despite our efforts last night. The bees are clustered in a middle of hedge … Continue reading →

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Swarms Swarms EveryWhere!!! Swanson 1!!!

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Gary Fawcett

Got another call from a kind member of the public “Terry” yesterday morning while we were getting reading to tackle the Hawthorn Swarm again. A swarm had arrived yesterday and was in a tree. It turned out that Terry knows … Continue reading →

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Picking up the Hawthorn swarm – Part 1

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Gary Fawcett

Tonight we got a call from Tom Dixon the Auckland bee club swarm co-ordinator about a bee swarm in Remuera. We arrived to discover that the swarm had taken up residence in the middle of a hawthorn bush. A difficult … Continue reading →

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Luring a passing Swarm of Bees!!!

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Gary Fawcett

Today I was busy building a swarm trap, which isn’t really a trap as the bees can leave any time. So it really should be called a swarm lure. We see it as a way to save a passing swarm … Continue reading →

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