Friend called, got some bees in his tree. Is it difficult to remove the bees/cutout?
Here are two photos.
(http://tackletour.net/temp/Hive-longshot.jpg)
(http://tackletour.net/temp/Hive-Closeup.jpg)
This is a perfect candidate for a trap out.
Steve
The hive is in the tree on the left under the words bee hive. Trap out or take the whole tree down.
I just finished three trap outs in trees that are very similar to the one you show. They work great (especially if you don't have a bad SHB problem). Thanks iddee for all the great info!
Scott
The hive has been there for a year or more. THe hole is probably deep huh?
It's a protected Oak tree in this area so can't cut it down. But I bet this
tree will be coming down in the next few big storms as the hole rots some more each year.
It may possibly fall but it looks like a "Live Oak" to me. Those things live quite a while and are as tough as nails no matter the damage. I do agree that thebest plan of action is a trap out. Having that flat area around the opening is simply cheating... ;) If SHB's do show up it won't hurt the tree and the hive will be destroyed though.