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A recent blog post at the BackWards Beekeeping site included some photos and this video about capturing a recent swarm.

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Seen on the Backwards Beekeepers site…

Urban Beekeeping 101
Hosted by sustainablesilverlake.org
at the Silver Lake Library
Saturday June 5, 2010 @ 11AM

Talk with Q&A by Kirk Anderson and Leonardo Chalupowicz

Kirk Anderson, a local master beekeeper, and Leonardo Chalupowicz, a local green architect and amateur beekeeper, will outline a brief history of bees and beekeeping and the fundamentals of beekeeping in an urban setting. They will explore the basic equipment and techniques, how to do it the bee’s way versus the commercial way, and colony collapse disorder.

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I spotted this swarm hive in this business sign at 5800 Van Nuys Blvd while we were out for out daily walk a week or so ago. The bees were concentrated around the point where the pole meets the sign, so I am guessing the hive is in the sign itself. I informed the manager of the lot about this group, but I am guessing these bees are in danger of extermination if something isn’t done quickly.

I posted an email to our local Backwards Beekeepers group here in Los Angeles in hopes that someone might be able to come out and save the bees for a members hive.