what to do with bees?
Wayne W
in an low hanging area of my roof. They are apparently very
domesticated, they are not overagressive, I can stand within 3 feet of
where they are entering and exiting, and they will ignore me.
Of course I don't want them on my property. I called a couple of
beekeepers and they said they would be glad to come and kill them -- for
$250. I told them I can do that for free. I'm trying to be
environmentally friendly on this I know that bees pollinate, etc, etc and
don't really want to kill them.
But what else can I do? Killing them out may be my only option since I'm
a good 15 miles from really open country. If I drive them off, they'll
just take up residence in somebody else's home.
Charlie Kroeger
>where they are entering and exiting, and they will ignore me.
Why not leave them as they are maybe they'll bring you good luck
>Of course I don't want them on my property.
Why not what harm are they causing?
>I called a couple of beekeepers and they said they would be glad to come and kill them -- for
>$250.
What kind of goddamn beekeepers want to kill honeybees? Those are not
beekeepers, maybe they told you that. Those bees are in the boxed in
portions of your eaves. They're easy to remove with damage caused. All the
bees and their combs can be removed and relocated to a hive with frames. I
do it for $200.00 and up.
>I'm trying to be environmentally friendly on this I know that bees pollinate, etc, etc and
>don't really want to kill them.
You're to be applauded for this attitude unlike the so-called beekeepers.
>But what else can I do? Killing them out may be my only option
Forget that, you can't really 'kill them out' unless you go in and remove
the comb. Besides you should consider this: when you poison the bees you
poison yourself and your family. Cancer rates in this country [USA] are
approaching 50% in an average lifetime, [rhetorical question] what do you
think is causing this: it's pollution.
>...since I'm a good 15 miles from really open country.
Bees don't thrive in 'open country' in fact bees kept in sizable towns are
doing much better than bees kept in flying distances of agri-business
concerns. I remove a lot of bees from properties in and around Amarillo and
Canyon Texas I can assure you the bees are healthy and doing well in these
somewhat 'artificial' environments.
>If I drive them off, they'll
>just take up residence in somebody else's home.
You cannot drive them off without killing them, they have made comb and have
brood and they're busy building up more. Try to consider yourself lucky and
live harmoniously with them. Plant a cantaloupe vine in your backyard and
watch how many cantaloupes you get. As you have not stated where you live it
is possible you will never have the concerns over Africanized honeybees they
do in places down south and parts of Arizona. If this is the case I would
think you have less concern of being attacked by these bees than being
killed driving around in your car. It's like Texans, the sonsabitches have
to kill every Rattlesnake they see but statistically you're more than 700
times likely to be killed by lightening than a Rattlesnake bite. Reason
doesn't come into it, it's something more primitive than that.
--
CK
kauhl-meersburg
respect to your positive motivation -
during night, when they all are in and on their combs, put a wooden or
carton box of appropriate size (top or one side open, depends) over the
whole entity, then cut all off to get it falling into the box, shut the
box by shifting a carton slide between box and wall, and you have it
when too much afraid of the procedure, have a water pipe at your
disposal, water irrigation will calm them - protect your face by a big
stetson with some sort of textile grid
to deposit the box look for some hedges place or wood corner and leave
it on soil (or hang it in the trees)
I#ll watch this NG every 2 hours, in case of further questions we can
talk by skype - last year I did the same with someone from Vancouver,
protecting bald faced hornets
why not let them hang at your roof, it will give you a sommer of much
enjoyment - the bees will never attack you
excuse my scholar english (old world)
here some photos of my hobby at Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71092423@N00/
good luck kauhl
Dominic Richens
250$ you can buy a beesuit, veil, gloves smoker and hive with frames.
These are pictures I took of a swarm that I turned into a new hives:
http://www.beesource.com/forums/showthread.php?t=220231
--
Dominic Richens | kn...@storm.ca
"If you're not *outraged*, you're not paying attention!"
uplandfarm
Agree with the opinion to leave them if you can. If you by any means
can't have them look at the following site for a REAL beekeeper close
to you who will try to remove them.
http://www.ebeehoney.com/swarmremovalmap.html
Wolfgang
Bozo2U
Tell us what city, state, and we can possibly find some one that will
do it for free. No promise, but a "maybe".
And thanks for being on the right track. Bee folks won't kill them.
On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:41:58 GMT, Wayne W <wayn...@gmail.com> wrote:
*>I live in a suburban area and I have a swarm that has set up
housekeeping
*>in an low hanging area of my roof. They are apparently very
*>domesticated, they are not overagressive, I can stand within 3 feet
of
*>where they are entering and exiting, and they will ignore me.
*>
*>Of course I don't want them on my property. I called a couple of
*>beekeepers and they said they would be glad to come and kill them --
for
*>$250. I told them I can do that for free. I'm trying to be
*>environmentally friendly on this I know that bees pollinate, etc,
etc and
*>don't really want to kill them.
*>
*>But what else can I do? Killing them out may be my only option
since I'm
*>a good 15 miles from really open country. If I drive them off,
they'll
*>just take up residence in somebody else's home.
*************
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can
sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.
Japetus
was a young boy at the time I much enjoyed it watching them through the
glass of the (closed) window. My mother was suggesting to spray them dead,
my father insisted on finding a beekeeper to catch it.
Luckily, my fathers decission was carried out, we caught the swarm, put it
in a hive at our garden, and there it was.. Year by year, they gave me new
swarms and I now try to keep five of them (used to have 10 but it was too
much work for a non-beekeeper by profession) that give me more honey that I
can eat.
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