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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => HONEYBEE REMOVAL => Topic started by: beee farmer on April 30, 2010, 12:13:15 am

Title: Another Chimney Colony
Post by: beee farmer on April 30, 2010, 12:13:15 am
This cut out yeilded a deep and a half of brood and enough bees to populate 2 double deep hives and one single deep.  Lucky me there were enough hanging queen cells to give one to each.  :-D
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Title: Re: Another Chimney Colony
Post by: Kathyp on April 30, 2010, 11:03:43 am
that's a lot of bees.  i love that kind of siding.  it makes life so much easier  :-D
Title: Re: Another Chimney Colony
Post by: beee farmer on April 30, 2010, 12:18:39 pm
Yes Miss Kathy,
and its always makes for a easy cut out when they are going to doze the building down as soon as the bees are gone so the dozer operator does not get ate up.  The only draw back was carrying the equipment in and out of the building te floor kept falling through! Thank goodness for the old semi rotten carpet.... when I heard the cracking of plywood I kicked in the ole hillbilly quick step.. :pinkelephant:..kept me from going all the way to the ground while carring a box full of bees.
Title: Re: Another Chimney Colony
Post by: iddee on April 30, 2010, 12:28:28 pm
Nice to get one of those now and then. By the way, "good job".

I have one tomorrow in an 1876 home. The inner wall has been sheetrocked, so no telling what may be behind it. Wish me luck.
Title: Re: Another Chimney Colony
Post by: Bee Happy on April 30, 2010, 04:32:12 pm
GOooooooooooooooooooAl!