Swarms to a good home.

Hi, Mike—I don’t know if you are aware, but the mission of HL is to encourage best practices for the urban environment where most of the public are not beekeepers. By posting this with no mention of asking about preparation by a potential adopter, we could appear to be promoting passing off bees to anyone who responds, whether educated or with a mentor or not. Do you have a mentor or are you arranging for responders to your post to be mentored by you in beekeeping? There have been some serious mishaps in the club in the past when bees were taken on without adequate preparations and education—animals killed, neighbors stung, visits from the fire department resulting in hives killed by foaming, that kind of thing—and we want to be responsible and careful going forward. With the adoption of the new LA city beekeeping code, it is very important to emphasize strong educational development and safe practices for urban beekeeping. The many folks strongly against the adoption of the code are watching carefully for the incidents they predicted of mismanagement.
By the way, are you coming to the meeting on Sunday? HL has one every last Sunday of the month and it is a good opportunity to interact with the bee community.

Excellent! I just did not know if you would be screening the potential adopters, so being the Forum “chief” it is my job to do these reminders. Yes, I know David Bock—he buys lots of honey from me when I am up in excess. He used to be my student.
I am guessing the “advice” was the queen excluder piece over the entrance.
And, yes, I do pick up swarms quite a bit in the South Bay. Took one today from West LA College. I pick up bees for United at the airfield, as they often turn up on luggage transfer equipment or other equip. at LAX. Instead of exterminating, like they used to do, they just pay me what they used to pay the exterminator, and get to market the “green and sustainable” message with the public.