bees make home 30 foot into a round top inside a backhoe attachment

[riverrat]

got a swarm call today went out to look at it. wasnt a swarm but instead a swarm had moved into a backhoe attachment suport beam that was stored 30 foot inside a 60 foot round top guy didnt know how long they had been there but said less than a month wasnt no real good way to get them out

[Kathyp]

want to borrow some honey robber and cotton balls?   :evil:

[lenape13]

want to borrow some honey robber and cotton balls?   :evil:

I think that one might call for honey robber and some cotton pillows!

[AllenF]

Could you trap them out?

[riverrat]

they way the was in the attachment would make it very hard to get a cone on them. And the farmer didnt want a hive in his round top for a few days trapping them out

[bull]

ive had some luck with smoke , smoked 1 swarm out of a house , and 1  swarm out of a tree .
i know it shouldnt work but did. easer than cutting and the bee were being robbed any way.
on the house the queen made it to the roof and was an easy cach from there. the house was built in 1860 with squar nails.

[Grandpa Jim]

Bull, were they swarms that had just moved in or were they established hives?  I would like to hear more as to how much smoke and how long it took to drive them to the roof.  Maybe start a new thread or topic, would be interesting to know if anyone else has had success with that method.
Jim

[hardwood]

Enough smoke and you can drive anything out...just ask Janet Reno :-D

Scott

[riverrat]

i did think of using bee go and a bee vac to see how many i could get out. the tubing was a main cross bar with a slot about 1/4 wide by 3/4 inch long one on each end down inside a channel hard to get to. not sure how bee go would work since it needs to be warm and the round top had a lot of shade over it and good ventilation. the farmer works quite often in the shed on farm equipment he had been in the field for a couple of weeks when he brought in his tractor and spray rig to work on 3 days ago that is when he noticed them so they could have been there up to 3 weeks. this is only the second time i have ran into bees that go well inside a structure to establish a colony the other was inside an aluminum dog box inside a 30 x 40 garage the dog box was clear to the back of the garage the owner didnt know they was there until they swarmed and landed on the space between the 2 garage doors.