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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => HONEYBEE REMOVAL => Topic started by: Understudy on January 31, 2009, 06:55:51 PM

Title: Kitchen Ceiling
Post by: Understudy on January 31, 2009, 06:55:51 PM
Removed a hive from a kitchen ceiling. Wasn't to bad. This is the first time I didn't spot the queen but I was sure I got her in the box. After I had put most of the frames in the bees started moving in force into the hive box. So they seemed pretty happy.

Pictures can be viewed here:
http://www.brendhanhorne.com/coppermine_dir/thumbnails.php?album=180 (http://www.brendhanhorne.com/coppermine_dir/thumbnails.php?album=180)

The last shots are of fiberglass insulation to make sure that the no new bees move in.

Sorry for the low quality O shot them with my phone and not my regular camera.

Sincerely,
Brendhan
Title: Re: Kitchen Ceiling
Post by: iddee on January 31, 2009, 10:40:48 PM
Nice, neat job there, understudy...

I did one similar to that in 2007.



(http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j226/Iddee/removals/bees034.jpg)
Title: Re: Kitchen Ceiling
Post by: JP on February 01, 2009, 02:16:18 AM
Looks like you finally got a normal one. What's next, a hive with paneling on one side of a wall, or a t 111 sheet that you remove for easy access. :-D
Not use to seeing you do one where you're not standing in fire ants or hungry hawks are staring you down! Great job, BTW!


...JP
Title: Re: Kitchen Ceiling
Post by: gaucho10 on February 02, 2009, 07:48:06 AM
Understudy,  How were the bees getting in to the ceiling area?  Also,  Does the comb fit neatly into a standard frame :roll:  They look so perfect.
Title: Re: Kitchen Ceiling
Post by: Understudy on February 02, 2009, 08:28:17 AM
Quote from: gaucho10 on February 02, 2009, 07:48:06 AM
Understudy,  How were the bees getting in to the ceiling area?  Also,  Does the comb fit neatly into a standard frame :roll:  They look so perfect.
The bees were getting in through a small opening where the flashing had a small gap underneath. And yes in this case the comb just about fit perfect into a medium frame. :) We like jobs like that.

Sincerely,
Brendhan