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About Swarmed

Swarmed is a global community resource for safe and ethical honey bee relocation.

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For the public

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Built for Beekeepers

Built for Beekeepers

Get free text message, WhatsApp, or Email alerts when cutouts or swarms are reported in your area.

We've sent over 100,000 alerts to beekeepers while keeping their data private and giving them seasonal insights into local swarm activity.

Questions? Contact us at info@beeswarmed.org

Our backers

Swarmed's early development was made possible by the support of 228 beekeepers, associations, and bee lovers, including the following sponsors;

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Greater Grand

Our New Beekeeper Dashboard

Get notified in real-time, and see local swarms on your dashboard.

Beekeeping dashboard showing swarm likelihood, bees saved, reports received, and a city map with swarm zones highlighted. Includes charts for predicted bee season and peak bloom periods.

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Used by 70+ beekeeping associations worldwide.

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Our Contributors

Mateo Kaiser

Mateo Kaiser

Mateo is the Managing Director of Swarmed and holds Master Beekeeper certification from the University of California, Davis.

His work focuses on spreading the buzz about Swarmed, planning new features, and working with partner organizations to get more swarms into beekeeper's hives.

Dr. Noah Wilson-Rich

Dr. Noah Wilson-Rich

Biologist, professor, author, and beekeeper, Noah Wilson-Rich is the Founding Partner and Chief Scientific Officer of The Best Bees Company and Managing Director of the Urban Bee Lab.

Noah has published 20 academic papers and authored The Bee: A Natural History. His efforts connect science and sustainability, supporting pollinator health nationwide.

Tim Hardy

Tim Hardy

Tim is a beekeeper and swarm coordinator with 20 years of experience in Northern Colorado and serves as President of the Northern Colorado Beekeepers Association.

Tim advises Swarmed on new features to support beekeeping organizations and improve swarm response coordination.

Karina Asanbekova

Karina Asanbekova

Karina Asanbekova is a software developer supporting Swarmed with SEO and improving the reliability and usability of our data tools.

She is a student at the University of Edinburgh studying Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence.

CITIZENSOF THE HIVE

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Open source pollinator data

Citizen science for our pollinators

Our not-for-profit sister project turning real-world bee swarm reports into public knowledge for science and stewardship.