Crop Polination

Posted by Robb in General

What is Crop Pollination?

The Honey Bee is responsible for pollinating most of the fruit and vegetables that we eat. Many scientists also say that if the Honey Bee became extinct, mankind would soon follow due to the lack of fruit and vegetables. We would lose 1/4 of our fruit and vegetables, is this a major problem? If you sell fruit and vegetables at a farmers market and lost 1/4 of your income, to most that would that be a problem. You can increase your production of fruit and vegetables by 1/4 of a percent by having a colony of Honey Bees on your property.

Sounds like something you would like to consider? I will rent my Bees to you for an agreed on price and you will reap the rewards of having a stronger, more numerous fruit and vegetable production at the Farmer Market. Its a win, win situation for both of us.

Drop me a e-mail or call me today! I have Bees for rent!

 

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Free Bee Removal?

Posted by Robb in Honey Bee Extraction

Many times People call and ask “Will you charge to remove bees from my house?”  The answer to this is yes and I will tell you why.

To remove a colony of Honey Bees from a structure is a very long and time consuming process. I will have to deal with 60,000 to 100,000 bees that look at me as a home invader. The very first step is to open up the wall- imagine someone kicking in your front door.  Would that bother?

If your like me you are going to shoot them. The Bee will do the same thing except they are going to try to sting me. (and many will succeed) Once the wall is open the next part is gets even gets even better, I have to take all of their eggs and babies out of the wall and put them in a new home. The bees don’t see me as a guardian, they look at me as a kidnapper and want to chase me away even more. Sometimes the bees depending on how long they have been in a certain location can have 12 feet of comb built into a wall. This Comb is where the Eggs , Brood and larvae are formed and this is what the Bees are protecting. The Queen will lay up to 2,000 eggs a day and the bees will defend their family to the death. I will have to cut this comb out of the wall and move it to the new home that I am providing. The bees don’t see this as me saving them, they look at it as an act of aggression and do their best to defend against it. Once the comb is removed the rest of the time is spent waiting for the rest of the bees to come home. this will happen at the Sunset and and then I will tear down all the scaffolding and move everything to my bee yard.

The entire removal can be a long process taking a full day. The Bees will be saved and you will not have to worry about any stings. Now that you see how the process works I hope that you understand why Bee removals are not done for free and I hope that you will call me to get an estimate on the removal from your Home.

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Tough Year

Posted by Robb in General

It has been a tough year for the Bees in Western Pa. I have talked to many Bee Keepers who have lost many of their colonies due to the weather. The good news is that it has also been a good year for swarms. I traved to South Western Pa and picked up a swarm in Carmichael, Pa. I have also had luck in the local area gathering swarms.

I am going to a friends House and taking a colony out of his basement and also looking at a colony in an apartment building in Greensburg, Pa.

I plan to get more into Commercial pollination next year so if you are looking for Bees give me a call. 

 

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