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Found a swarm right now?
Don't spray it, and don't try to move it yourself. Report it and the beekeepers nearest you are alerted straight away. It is free.
For beekeepers
- Getting started as a beekeeperCreate an account, set the area you will travel for a swarm, and choose how you want to hear about one.
- Swarm alerts and claimingWho gets alerted and in what order, what a report tells you before you claim, and what happens once you do.
- Beekeeper questionsThe questions beekeepers ask most, from what it costs to whether there is an app.
For associations
Reporting a swarm
What Swarmed is
Swarmed is a free community platform that connects people who find honey bee swarms with local beekeepers who can collect them. Someone reports a swarm, the beekeepers nearest it are alerted within seconds by email, text or WhatsApp, and the first one to claim it gets the address and the reporter's contact details. The bees are collected and rehived instead of being sprayed.
It is free for the person reporting, and free for beekeepers who want email alerts. More than 20,000+ swarm reports have come through the platform, and that record is what powers the seasonal and mapping tools beekeepers use to plan a season.
More help
- BeekeepersGetting started as a beekeeperCreate an account, set the area you will travel for a swarm, and choose how you want to hear about one.
- BeekeepersSwarm alerts and claimingWho gets alerted and in what order, what a report tells you before you claim, and what happens once you do.
- BeekeepersBeekeeper questionsThe questions beekeepers ask most, from what it costs to whether there is an app.
- AssociationsSwarmed for associationsPut a reporting form on your own site, route those swarms to your members, and see what your group is catching.
- Reporting a swarmIs bee removal free?Collecting a swarm is usually free. Getting an established colony out of a wall or roof usually is not. Here is the difference.
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