Bananas all day

[JP]

A young couple bought this house with the bees in the bathroom wall. He said I could open the sheetrock up and remove them from inside. Problem was that the hive extended downward past the ceramic tiles. In order to remove them from inside I would have had to remove sheetrock, ceramic tiles, and the metal framing for the sliding glass shower door. Uh uh. Decided it was best if we could go in from the side wall from the exterior. Wouldn't you know that the hive extended into two sections of wall studs. The comb was old and leathery and the bees were plum mean, but got 'er done and didn't have to demolish the bathroom wall in the process. Didn't get the queen, didn't expect to. This type of removal is very little fun, I had some, but pulling combs out of a narrow opening you can barely fit your arm into is not that much fun. Got more set up this week, will post those pics. Have a good one.
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....JP

[reinbeau]

What do you do with the bees in a case like this, JP? 

[JP]

What do you do with the bees in a case like this, JP? 

When its all said and done and the colony is in their new home, they go through quite an adjustment period and in most cases aren't on the defensive for a while. Once they build and reach homeostasis I may put up with them being arnery for a while but will requeen once they get outta hand. I was able to save this hive Ann but they will need a queen so I will either do a combine or requeen.

....JP

[CBEE]

I'm still trying to figure out the banana part :?

[deejaycee]

*lol* CBee - bananas smell like the "HEY - C'MERE AND STING THIS" pheromone... or vice versa.

Bananas in beekeeping are about as popular as they are with fishermen who won't allow them on their boats.

Bananas all day = not a fun day.

[CBEE]

 :-D DUH.. Had a homer simpson minute there.  :-D
Should have put 2 and 2 together but when someone says banana I usually think of split or cream pie. Wasn't thinking of stinging bees and the banana smell they give off.   :-D