The Kittalog

Deb has been helping me document my experience with bees since nearly the beginning. She came along on my second swarm capture and was wowe...

At 6:30 a.m. it was still dark enough under this juniper that I needed a flash to illuminate the swarm. It was also a little chilly. Easy-pe...

First the construction workers told me about a swarm around the corner. I went and looked at it, came back to get my gear, and in those few ...

A co-worker called Saturday and asked me to get some bees off his neighbor's house. I tracked down Maggie, who needed bees, and off we w...

As I understand it, bees swarm for a couple of reasons. First, it's a means of expanding their population. Second, they may swarm becaus...

On Saturday, Tom the sprinkler guy arrived to get things running for the summer and said, "Oh, bees! I have a customer who's lookin...

Word has gotten around that I'm a bee-friendly gal, so I now am getting several swarm calls a week. Most of them I pass along to others ...

Having a list of stuff to take on a swarm call can save you a lot of hassles. I wrote this list on top of my swarm-catching box . (The bees ...

Well, life happens and you get all distracted and, next thing you know, a lot of time has gone by. I think about blogging, but then I feel ...

I picked up that swarm yesterday not knowing who would take it – but I was pretty sure someone would want it. I finally got a call back from...

So today I got a call about a swarm right in the neighborhood. Can you spot the bees in this picture? The homeowners got my number from the...

Today was the big day. Yesterday afternoon I got a call from Mary of Bee Moving Day fame. One of her hives was swarming. She called me agai...

Jim is the guy I called yesterday to get the playground swarm, since I was busy at work. He sent me some pictures that illustrate the wisdom...

Oy. Yesterday a friend's hive swarmed while I was on the phone with her. But we were both on our way to work and had no time to capture ...