hopefully they can be saved… I just watched a show about honey bees and how much we need them and how they are dying for unknown reasons and now i’m afraid that we’ll soon never have orange juice or apple juice again 
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Yeah being saved would be cool, if the places who saved them werent stupid.
We called everyone in the book in amherst for a 4 foot nest swarming 2 branches in a tree. They wanted to CHARGE US to remove them.
I was like are you $%%%%^^ serious?!?! So we sprayed the entire thing down with something that would make raid wish it worked faster, scooped the with shovels into a bucket and threw them out.
Total cost of removal, 3$
I have no problem paying someone a couple hundred to remove them if they could save them.I just don’t want to pay 1,000’s
it was a pun on the irony of it all son!
yea, i posted this a while ago
i used my shop vac…no bees were present so it went fine.
6.0HP vac > flying power of bees
PM replied.
The guy told my boss if he doesn’t have to get up on a ladder he usually does the job for free. If a ladder is involved he usually charges.
This isn’t a fast process either so I’m not sure if it’s viable for a plaza with public access. The guy sets up a portable hive and then seals up all the entrances to the current hive, except one that he puts a little trap that only allows the bees to come out. Eventually all the worker bees are trapped out of the hive and the queen is forced to leave since no one is bringing her food. She goes to the temporary hive, the workers follow, then bee guy comes in and takes them away. It took at least a month.
I’ve used Sevin powder, by blowing it all over the entrance to the hive. They track it in, and within a few days they all die.
Jay,
That would be fine.The bees are out back and there are 5 acres of fields back there so plenty of room and time.I would give the guy something for his time anyways just so I don’t have to kill them.
I appreciate the help and I’m sure the bees do too!!!
sounds like a pretty fggt way to handle those fuckers. was newman the bee keeper?
I’ll eat them all!
I thought the shelf life of honey was infinite?
Perhaps the shelf life of the hive is not…
Once a colony of bees are established, and you kill them or they die on their own, and the nest is not removed, it is equivalent to unplugging your refrigerator and leaving everything to decay. There are thousands of bees, brood and gallons of honey just waiting todripthrough every crack and crevice available.
http://www.bugspray.com/article/honeybees.html
[SIZE=3]Lastly, the remains of a nest that has mostly
been removed or destroyed can present other types
of problems. The honey left behind, as well as the
lingering scent trails from the bees which were
once active, will almost always attract other
pests. These pests could turn out to be ants, beetles,
other bees or some kind of honey eating animal like
skunks or bear. Many times these pests will become
active in homes where a bee nest was once present.
Additionally, honey will rot as it ages. Spoiled
honey smells bad and the odor will eventually find
it’s way into living areas. And if the bad smell
doesn’t prompt a thorough cleanup, the damage
of it as it leaks through wall and ceilings most
certainly will. Aging honey combs will decompose
and as they break down, the rancid honey will
ooze through walls. Dark spots on walls and ceilings
are a sure sign of rotting honey and most nests
hold enough honey to cause this type of damage
following bee removal.
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I’m building a deck… and called in the pro’s… cost about 175 for me to get rid of the problem 92 different nests.