Honeybee Colonies and Swarms

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Honeybee Colonies and Swarms

• How do they differ
• and
• where will they go?

Arkansas State Plant Board
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Honeybee Colonies
A colony is a group of bees with comb and brood.
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Swarms

• During certain times of the year, part of the
  colony separates from the rest and flies out
  looking for a new home. While on the move these
  bees are called a Swarm.

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Where will they live?

• The Africanized Honeybee is less selective as to
  what itll call home.
• They will also inhabit smaller spaces than its
  European cousins.

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Old tires
Overturned flower pots
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Mobile home skirts
Abandoned structures