Yesterday afternoon (Saturday) I got a call at about 5:30 pm. The voice on the other end of the phone was frantic. You could tell that she was really scared. The problem? Bees. I picked up my bee suit and equipment and headed on over. Got there at 6:30 pm (not a bad response time for a Saturday hug?) and sure enough, she had bees. Lots of bees. I did not use any sprays or insecticides until the wall cavity was cleaned out of as much comb that I could remove. I know that a lot of bees were killed in the process, but think that I was able to "save" quite a few.
Here's a few pictures from last night (finished about 9:45). The walls were cinder block covered with stucco. The hive filled one vertical cell with the top being about ten feet off the ground and the bottom being about a foot off the ground.
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I harvested some comb and honey with about half going to the home owner. Here's the rest.
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I'll let the honey drain most of the day, maybe over night and then filter it. Fresh honey. Yummmmmmmm. I'll salvage some bees wax from the comb at some point.
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