Extreme Tiny Predator!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sgtmom52]

Good news for everyone!

You can finish your coop work and the bees are on their way to a new home!

 

[lleighmay]

Good news for you AND the bees! For future reference (or if you find them elsewhere on your property) you might check with your local police or sheriff's office. We always kept lists of local beekeepers who would come out for just such emergencies.

 

[Tam'ra of Rainbow Vortex]

Dunno if anyone has mentioned it yet, but there are beekeepers here on BYC- check the beekeeping thread to see if anyone lives nearby and would come rescue your bees for you. I would if I could!

 

[pride&joy]

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I had a swarm try and move into one of my goat barns few years back. I closed the doors and set of some foggers and they decided it was not such an cozy home and left. I did not find any dead ones they just left? I was glad it was not the killer bees….

 

[krazeepolack]

DAY # 2 in the battle of the bee's!! Entering my coop this morning, I found a couple stray bee's in a low inside corner, just merrily flying around. Suspecting the worst, a quick outside tour showed they had gone underground, right next to my chikky entrance door. Not to be outsmarted by a humble bee, (no pun intended there) I quickly threw three shovels of soil over that entryway, & scrammed! ! then set my portable BBQ on the floor inside the coop, then liberally coated it w/bacon grease. Luckily, my coop has a trap door in the floor, so that was opened, giving the critters an exit, & possibly letting the smoke drift down to that area. I know smoke rises, but presently, bacon smoke is pouring out every possible crevice in my coop. The bee's appear agitated, or very busy, & are buzzing all around the chikky entrance. (I'M NOT) calling a bee keeper @ this point, seems like an effort in futility, where they have gone beneath the coop. They would likely have to be dug out. I have more bacon grease! We shall see where this territorial battle ends. It's a good thing I have no neighbors. They would be outside w/a video camera, or reserving me a rubber room somewhere.

 

[schmism]

speaking as a beekeeper.

generally swarms are very docile. they are going to protect the queen yes, but because they have no home to defend... they dont defend anything... ie they have little reason to attack you if you approach it. (unlike if you approach a working hive)

 

[terri9630]

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Do you have the african bees up there yet? They can be VERY touchy.

 

[RobotChicken]

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That sounds delicious!

 

[Monk]

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We had a swarm, larger than a basketball, in a cherry tree. We called a local beekeeper. He wore no protective gear whichsoever. He actually searched the swarm with bare hands, moving bees aside, looking for the queen. We videoed the whole removal, gotta check it out again. BTW, no charge, glad to take the bees...