Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Humboldt Beekeepers

I've seen a couple Craigslist ads recently from people asking for a beekeeper to come remove beehives on their property. I sent them a link to the Humboldt Beekeepers web site. They have a "swarm" list there of beekeepers available for removing bees. Just posting a heads up here in case readers know of anyone else that needs bee hives removed.

4 Comments:

At 10:23 AM, Blogger julie.strub said...

We have a tiny beehive, like one bee (or wasp?) building a nest under our porch. I wonder if it's too small for them to bother with? I'll give them a try. thanks for posting!

 
At 10:42 AM, Blogger Fred Mangels said...

They're not interested in wasps, just honeybees. If it was a hive of honeybees, it wouldn't start with just one. They literally swarm.

Years ago we had a swarm show up and set up on the arbor near our back door- hundreds of bees in a big ball hanging on each other. We ended up finding a beekeeper to remove them. The swarm flew off before he showed up, though.

 
At 5:25 PM, Blogger julie.strub said...

Damn, I guess I have a useless wasp next! I think I can use some sort of spray can wasp remover, I just don't want to piss him off too much

 
At 7:59 PM, Blogger Fred Mangels said...

You can always just break up the nest during the daytime when the wasp isn't around and see if he comes back. Quite honestly, I've seen a number of those small nests and they don't cause problems. Maybe just leave it alone?

 

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