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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => HONEYBEE REMOVAL => Topic started by: bbbthingmaker on November 14, 2013, 09:38:12 PM

Title: Bee Trees
Post by: bbbthingmaker on November 14, 2013, 09:38:12 PM
In the last two weeks I got two calls about trees cut for firewood that had bees in them. Neither person knew there were bees until after they cut the trees. I hauled both home and set them up, waiting for spring to get them into hives.  The first one looked  pretty good. The second one was sorta busted up . It  was in a horizontal limb about 18" in diameter and hit the ground pretty hard.
Title: Re: Bee Trees
Post by: D Coates on November 15, 2013, 11:08:11 AM
Good luck!  I've had some success with doing as you're doing.  Not much you can do now except wait for Spring.
Title: Re: Bee Trees
Post by: iddee on December 30, 2013, 05:47:07 PM
Try to prop them up so they are as near the original orientation as possible, with the entrance facing as near the same compass direction as possible.

EDIT: Didn't notice how old the thread was. Don't move it now. They have rearranged everything by now.