Need help capturing a Swarm?

Our Club has many Beekeepers ready and willing to find a new and permanent home for the Swarm.

Call Troy Winters at 859-279-9027 with your name/phone/location of swarm. Once a Beekeeper is located you will notified that they are on their way.

You can also message us on our Facebook Page at Grant County Backyard Beekeepers

If the swarm is not on your property we will need to contact the owner for permission to entry their property and remove the swarm.

What is a Swarm?

Honey bees swarm in spring (Late April through May in KY) when their colony grows large and overcrowded with bees. It is their way of relieving congestion of the colony and it is also how their species creates new bee colonies. When it is time to swarm, the queen and roughly half the bees leave the colony in search of a new place to live. Swarms often take breaks on their journey to their new home and may be found resting in a tree or bush.

Swarms are easy for beekeepers to catch and relocate because, at this stage, they seldom have comb. A true swarm has not settled in its new home and so they will not have started to build. They are just a cluster of bees. Without the complication of comb, a beekeeper can easily scoop, shake or lower the swarm into their equipment and bring them back to their apiary.

Time is of the essence as a swarm of bees is unsettled and will not stay long in one spot. It is not uncommon for a swarm to be seen in one spot and an hour later they have moved on.