Less pollen competition leads to swarms forming in Webster, normal occurrence

The buzz about bees
  • Honey bees swarm around their queen in a tree outside Webster City Hall July 9. Area beekeeper Clark Audiss estimated the swarm had 50,000 bees as he attempted to attract them into a brood box with a sugar water mixture to relocate and use them to make honey. Reporter & Farmer | Leyton Beardslee
    Honey bees swarm around their queen in a tree outside Webster City Hall July 9. Area beekeeper Clark Audiss estimated the swarm had 50,000 bees as he attempted to attract them into a brood box with a sugar water mixture to relocate and use them to make honey. Reporter & Farmer | Leyton Beardslee
  • Reporter & Farmer | subscriber snapshot Beekeepers, from left, Dima Shalimov and Clark Audiss attempt to locate the queen bee in a swarm on top of a business on Main Street in Webster July 10. According to Audiss the bees found their way into the walls of the building but were coaxed out and captured.
    Reporter & Farmer | subscriber snapshot Beekeepers, from left, Dima Shalimov and Clark Audiss attempt to locate the queen bee in a swarm on top of a business on Main Street in Webster July 10. According to Audiss the bees found their way into the walls of the building but were coaxed out and captured.
    Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series about bees in Northeastern South Dakota.Webster hobbyist beekeeper and Clark Audiss said he received calls about seven bee swarms around town in Webster during the first week of July. These swarms were located on houses, businesses and in trees and Audiss said the larger ones contained as many as 50,000-60,000 bees.Audiss exp...

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