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.
Rector, PA Honey Bees Removal from Floor
Posted by richard luther in Honey Bee Extraction
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.