Melissa and her neighbors swarm 4-17-11

G3farms · April 24, 2011, 10:50:11 AM

Swarm call not too far from the house this time. Melissa called and said she had a swarm down low in a bush and they needed to get gone before the neighbor sprayed them. They were in a small tree on the fence between the houses. Melissa's brother (I think) saw my add on craigs list so she gave me a ring, her sister was afraid I would turn out to be the craigs list killer :shock: .

By g3farms at 2011-04-24

By g3farms at 2011-04-24

By g3farms at 2011-04-24

By g3farms at 2011-04-24

Shanevrr · April 24, 2011, 11:08:07 AM

nice, lucky you

GWDawg1 · April 24, 2011, 01:13:21 PM

Nice, easy swarm. I think I'll put an ad on Craig's list, couldn't hurt.

jmblakeney · April 24, 2011, 02:16:02 PM

Alright G3 now I am officially jealous. :-D.
That is just awesome. Glad you were able to get all of these.

James

AllenF · April 24, 2011, 07:19:20 PM

Anyone that plays with bees...... ya the craigs list killer. Funny. Great pics.

JP · April 24, 2011, 07:41:53 PM

Nice job, who is Melissa?

...JP

G3farms · April 24, 2011, 10:28:27 PM

Melissa was the lady that called about the swarm. She lived on one side of the fence and her neighbor, a Japanese family that was from Chicago, wanted the bees gone N O W. The neighbor has two small children and was afraid they would get stung. They were amazed when I just walked up to the swarm and started trimming branches back and stuck my bare hand into the bees. Melissa was not afraid after that and got to do a little explaining of what was going on, showed her drones and got her to hold one, she even clipped off the branch while I was holding the swarm. Her sister kept calling wanting to know if she was alright, afraid I might turn out to be a craigs list killer :roll:

JP · April 24, 2011, 10:38:08 PM

Thanks for the explanation. ;)

...JP

VolunteerK9 · April 25, 2011, 12:26:30 PM

I missed a swarm that I was called about yesterday. By the time I got there it was gone. (Later found it had taken up residence in a concrete wall using a hole that the electric lines feed into the building)

It may just be me, there seems to be more swarms than last year and earlier too for this area.

montauk170 · April 25, 2011, 01:40:37 PM

Love to capture those easy swarms! Cut a branch and you're done. :-D