This evening I removed some bees from one of my highschool teacher's house, they were in the wall and the soffit.
The stuff in the soffit was a real curve ball. I was able to fill a deep with lots of brood and honey and fresh eggs that the queen layed but she must have been on the new section of comb they had built in the soffit.
What's weird is the comb in the soffit was disconnected from what was in the wall, so I guess there's an outside chance this was two colonies, but I don't think it was.
Anyway, vacuumed two boxes of bees and filled the deep up and called it a day.
Here's some pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/pyxicephalus/June222008
...JP
JP, wow!!! You know why you are called the "King", hee, hee. When you gonna stop taking all those cutout calls, hee, hee, talk about being held under the spell of the honeybee. Great shots, and doesn't the pink wall look great against the colour of the bees. Beautiful and most wonderful day, Cindi
Quote from: Cindi on June 23, 2008, 11:10:40 AM
JP, wow!!! You know why you are called the "King", hee, hee. When you gonna stop taking all those cutout calls, hee, hee, talk about being held under the spell of the honeybee. Great shots, and doesn't the pink wall look great against the colour of the bees. Beautiful and most wonderful day, Cindi
Oh Cindi, you make me wanna scream! You make me wanna shout! You bring out the sprite in me!!! ;)
The pink reminded me of your cutting shears! :-D
...JP
Wow how high was that comb in the wall?
And had more in the soffit??
I have heard of dententions before, but a cutout! Yikes. or are you "Hot for Teacher!" :-D
Quote from: KONASDAD on June 23, 2008, 04:08:47 PM
I have heard of dententions before, but a cutout! Yikes. or are you "Hot for Teacher!" :-D
"He" is not my type! But he is a fine fellow for sure. I had this one teacher though... ;)
Was just a regular 8' ceiling Dean.
...JP
You get an A+ for this removal. (The teacher told me that)
Great job JP, like Annette said, A+!! Isn't it weird that when you are grown up teachers are just like the rest of us?? I remember seeing one of mine in a bar, I think I was about 23 & was shocked & sort of offended in a strange sort of way. Don't know why cause if I hadn't been in the bar myself...Now I know many as friends, just strange how perceptions are! George Carlin died this weekend...another icon gone :( Jody
JP, brat!! Those sheers were once green, until you and Frantz got ahold of them. Smiling, have the most wonderful day. Cindi
That is unreal!
First of all... how do you get that many bees in your wall... second... BEES DON'T BELONG INDOORS! I believe I would have called someone to remove them at the first sounds of buzzing comming from the walls. How can you live in a house with that? How can you not know??
Quote from: SgtMaj on June 24, 2008, 06:25:56 AM
That is unreal!
First of all... how do you get that many bees in your wall... second... BEES DON'T BELONG INDOORS! I believe I would have called someone to remove them at the first sounds of buzzing comming from the walls. How can you live in a house with that? How can you not know??
Sarge, the thing is most that call me do know, in fact this yr I removed one from a guy's ceiling that had been there for 15 yrs, here's some pics of that one if you're interested: http://picasaweb.google.com/pyxicephalus/March192008
...JP
Why would people think they make good houseguests?
Maybe I'm a bit oldfashoned this way, but bugs belong outside.
I have bees in my house's walls. They've been there for years. The house was built in 1903. They are in the bedroom wall and sing me to sleep every night and by the sound of things, it's a huge mac-daddy hive. There's another hive in the column in the front of the house. World peace....Gena
Quote from: Gena on July 16, 2008, 01:49:14 AM
I have bees in my house's walls. They've been there for years. The house was built in 1903. They are in the bedroom wall and sing me to sleep every night and by the sound of things, it's a huge mac-daddy hive. There's another hive in the column in the front of the house. World peace....Gena
You could remove the wall interior and replace it with plexiglass for a really nice observation hive!!
...JP