Now, the Swedish Beekeepers' National Federation has set up a special swarm phone to facilitate for troubled homeowners who can suddenly get a swarm of housing-seeking bees in their garden.
- You enter your or swarm's zip code and you get to the nearest beekeeper who can collect the swarm, says Hanne Uddling.
Important to be carefulHanne Uddling points out that one should be careful with the bees.
- We get questions about whether to spray insecticides on them and you definitely shouldn't do that, she says.
It is when a bee community has grown up big and strong that the queen brings with her a part of society and is looking for a new place to live. The remaining bees then choose which caterpillar will become the new queen.
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This is how the bees fix a new queen