Free Bee Removal?
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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When you are trying to get rid of nesting bees (Honey Bees in particular) it is very important that the removal is done properly. Dead Hive Condition results when a honey bee hive is destroyed with pesticides and the remains of the nest left behind.
This results in fermenting honey that will attract other insects, rodents and can even cause structural damage to your home.
Read MoreGreensburg, PA Bee Removal
Tomorrow I will be extracting a colony of honey bees from a home in Greensburg, PA. I will be able to save these guys and add them to my collection if all goes well. They have nested in the wall of …
Update: I extracted the colony; all went well. They are currently setting in the backyard and being fed well.
SUCCESS: I harvested Honey today and 2 frames came from this colony, you have to remember that it take 70 pounds of honey to fed a colony through the winter and you never want to take to much from them or they will starve before Spring.
Read MoreRector, PA Honey Bees Removal from Floor
I was called to harvest a colony of honey bees in a Rector, PA home. It took me three hours to find the location of the colony. It turns out then nested under the floorboards on the second story. I had to use scafolding to reach the location. It was a weak hive and after I finally harvested the colony of honey bees, I took them back and combined them with another colony in my apiary (bee yard).
After inspecting the combined colony they seem to be doing well together. There is one queen and 25,000 more bees which is good for a July Swarm. I will get a good harvest in the spring if all goes well.
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