Why do people want free bee removal?

[luvin honey]

I guess the hard-working folks have a much better sense of how much of life is hard work. It's neat that they don't want you to go without being paid.

[Livefreeordie]

Right on kathy, there are three classes anymore, the rulers, the sheeple,( the majority ) and those trying to break away before it is too late.

[Bee Happy]

I think there's some confusion about what socialism is and isn't.

Anyway, any self-respecting capitalist will "buy low, and sell high."

It's -- sadly -- human nature to be greedy and selfish. 

I think "greed" is a matter of perspective. I once quoted someone "max $2300 for an electrical job, not including the meterbox. when I finished it took me much less time than I thought and I wound up billing $1500 INCLUDING the meterbox; He demanded being treated like a premium customer, like having me drop everything to go explain to him that you can't run a compressor and 2 saws on one 20 amp circuit. - when I gave him the bill he presented any and every complaint you can imagine, ducked and dodged paying, and had the gall to call me greedy at one point. This whole thing is totally my fualt - I went on a gentlemans agreement and didnt make him sign in blood. It's really a shame that there are laws against getting $1500 plus interest in retribution in an alley.

[acepestdetective]

nope.  they did it when times were good too.  you know who always offers to pay, even for my time collecting swarms?  it's the hard working folks that are barely making it, but making it on their own.  i don't ever take even gas money from them.  the upscale neighborhoods are usually good for an offer of some gas money and i'll take that. I don't even mess with the folks that call and whine.  i have a no whining policy in all things.

Same in my old line of work. Little old lady used to ring up with a wasps' nest that needed to be treated. Always paid up, never quibbled and normally even the offer of a tip.

Owner of a great big house, with large gardens and new cars???? Very often difficult to get the payment for a nest off them - often only $50.

Same old. No wonder they have so much money because they are tighter than a duck's you know what!!!!

[Kathyp]

No wonder they have so much money because they are tighter than a duck's you know what

not sure that's the usual reason.  i think many of them are way over-extended.  the fancy car, house, etc. have them strapped.  i am part of the boomer generation and a whole lot of us are spoiled and arrogant and didn't earn the right to either.  we didn't learn the value of work or money and we think gathering "stuff" should be the main goal in life.

lot's of those boomer's are about to have reality crash down about their diamond studded ears.

[luvin honey]

No wonder they have so much money because they are tighter than a duck's you know what

not sure that's the usual reason.  i think many of them are way over-extended. 

Exactly.

[beekeeper1756]

I a new beek and just starting out this year.  Most, read all, of my cutouts have been on old abandoned houses that are old homestead type homes in the Texas rural country.  I did them free for two reasons: 1) No one was living in the house and 2) I wanted the bees.

Doing a cutout in an occupied home would be an entirely different matter or like now, when I have enough hives for now. :-D 

[D Coates]

I do find it funny but I am quick separate the wheat from the chafe.  Pay me for my time, knowledge, and efforts or find another sucker.  Market forces are at play, they can ask for whatever they want.  If they are reasonable for someone it'll be accepted if not, nope.  To learn how to do a cut out I did a couple for free, there will always be folks doing the same.  I have to laugh at the gall of some of the requests though.

[Scadsobees]

Have you read the news lately?

BEES ARE DISAPPEARING!!!

THE VANISHING HONEYBEE!!!

WHERE HAVE ALL THE BEES GONE??

EINSTEIN SAID WE ALL DIE WITH THE HONEYBEE

You all know that bees are rare and getting rarer!  Supply and demand, bees are rare and here "I have some you can have for free"!

It's no wonder that people think they can charge for them!

I try to explain things to them and can get a feel for if they are willing to pay.  But hey, if you aren't willing to pay you can buy a few cans of raid and try it yourselve and here's what you're going run into and why you don't want to do it yourself but if you want to spend an afternoon cutting your own house open to scrape out piles of nasty honey, wax and bees, go right ahead!(assuming you even manage to kill them in the first place)  Good luck with that!

A LOT of it is misinformation.  I'd have felt similar before I was a beekeeper and knew better.

[Scadsobees]

Doing a cutout in an occupied home would be an entirely different matter or like now, when I have enough hives for now. :-D 

Yah...being careful cutting into the house, trying not to mess everything up, and repair and cleanup takes half the time, and when you spend 3 hours cutting comb that other 3 hours really adds a lot!!

Rick

[Dracono]

shoot people here are expensive. I have a friend that charges 100.00 an hour.
I charge 75.00 to remove a swarm out of tree's and meter boxes and 75.00 an hour for structure removals. and I get lots of calls that keeps me busy all week long.

[oldenglish]

I just got a call a couple of hours ago from a lady, said she had bees in her wall that the exterminator will not touch. She got the name of a bee keeper from the exterminator but he kept not showing up and now will not return her calls. I told her I would do it for $200 and would waive my $30 assessment fee as they had already been confirmed as honey bees. She said she needed to call her husband and would get back to me, still waiting for that phone to ring. :idunno: