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Offline G3farms

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Melissa and her neighbors swarm 4-17-11
« on: April 24, 2011, 10:50:11 am »
Swarm call not too far from the house this time. Melissa called and said she had a swarm down low in a bush and they needed to get gone before the neighbor sprayed them. They were in a small tree on the fence between the houses. Melissa's brother (I think) saw my add on craigs list so she gave me a ring, her sister was afraid I would turn out to be the craigs list killer :shock: .


By g3farms at 2011-04-24


By g3farms at 2011-04-24


By g3farms at 2011-04-24


By g3farms at 2011-04-24
those hot bees will have you steppin and a fetchin like your heads on fire and your keister is a catchin!!!

Bees will be bees and do as they please!

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Re: Melissa and her neighbors swarm 4-17-11
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2011, 11:08:07 am »
nice, lucky you
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Re: Melissa and her neighbors swarm 4-17-11
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2011, 01:13:21 pm »
Nice, easy swarm.  I think I'll put an ad on Craig's list, couldn't hurt.

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Re: Melissa and her neighbors swarm 4-17-11
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2011, 02:16:02 pm »
Alright G3 now I am officially jealous.   :-D.
That is just awesome.  Glad you were able to get all of these.

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Re: Melissa and her neighbors swarm 4-17-11
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2011, 07:19:20 pm »
Anyone that plays with bees...... ya the craigs list killer.     Funny.   Great pics.

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Re: Melissa and her neighbors swarm 4-17-11
« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2011, 07:41:53 pm »
Nice job, who is Melissa?


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Re: Melissa and her neighbors swarm 4-17-11
« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2011, 10:28:27 pm »
Melissa was the lady that called about the swarm. She lived on one side of the fence and her neighbor, a Japanese family that was from Chicago, wanted the bees gone N O W. The neighbor has two small children and was afraid they would get stung. They were amazed when I just walked up to the swarm and started trimming branches back and stuck my bare hand into the bees. Melissa was not afraid after that and got to do a little explaining of what was going on, showed her drones and got her to hold one, she even clipped off the branch while I was holding the swarm. Her sister kept calling wanting to know if she was alright, afraid I might turn out to be a craigs list killer  :roll:
those hot bees will have you steppin and a fetchin like your heads on fire and your keister is a catchin!!!

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Re: Melissa and her neighbors swarm 4-17-11
« Reply #7 on: April 24, 2011, 10:38:08 pm »
Thanks for the explanation.  ;)


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Re: Melissa and her neighbors swarm 4-17-11
« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2011, 12:26:30 pm »
I missed a swarm that I was called about yesterday. By the time I got there it was gone. (Later found it had taken up residence in a concrete wall using a hole that the electric lines feed into the building)

It may just be me, there seems to be more swarms than last year and earlier too for this area.

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Re: Melissa and her neighbors swarm 4-17-11
« Reply #9 on: April 25, 2011, 01:40:37 pm »
Love to capture those easy swarms! Cut a branch and you're done.  :-D