We got a call from a friend Frank T who lives not far from here. He noticed what he thinks are honeybees coming and going from the eaves of his house. He's hoping I can come out and take the bees away and put them to work in a hive. We have a couple of problems, though: First, to get the bees out, we might have to tear off some siding or fascia boards, etc. Most homeowners are not too thrilled about that. Second, this late in the season, it would be very difficult to get a new hive established before winter sets in.
We decided to wait until the weekend when I can take a drive out to his farmette with my equipment and see what we can do. Professional bee removal services usually use big vacuum cleaners to remove all the bees in such situations. I don't have anything like that. I am also not thrilled about pulling honeycomb and bees out of a house whilst standing on a rung of a ladder.
We'll see....and I'll let you know what happens.
My girls are getting lazier with the cooler weather. I need to get some sugar water feed on them soon....
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