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Offline bonsai

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bees loose in car
« on: April 19, 2013, 05:35:28 pm »
Now I know I can't be the first one... got a swarm call this morning. Easy deal- 5' off the ground in a tree, cut three branches and they're loaded in a deep, with a top on the bottom. Not sure if they had a queen in the big ball... Only the cover wasn't a tight fit so about 50+ bees are on the back window of my Caravan. Do I just open the back door and not worry about the stragglers, or let them sit tight till dark and hope they go back in the box?

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Re: bees loose in car
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2013, 06:11:33 pm »
when they die, vacuum them out.
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Re: bees loose in car
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2013, 06:16:06 pm »
open the car up and let them loose. Then vacuum any that stayed and died.

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Re: bees loose in car
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2013, 06:22:48 pm »
Now I know I can't be the first one... got a swarm call this morning. Easy deal- 5' off the ground in a tree, cut three branches and they're loaded in a deep, with a top on the bottom. Not sure if they had a queen in the big ball... Only the cover wasn't a tight fit so about 50+ bees are on the back window of my Caravan. Do I just open the back door and not worry about the stragglers, or let them sit tight till dark and hope they go back in the box?


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Re: bees loose in car
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2013, 09:00:46 pm »
Next time, leave that hive body and top at home. You would have done better with a cardboard box
and some duct tape.

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Re: bees loose in car
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2013, 09:09:14 pm »
I keep a couple of bees flying around my truck just for company on long trips. :-D

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Re: bees loose in car
« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2013, 09:17:12 pm »
I keep a couple of bees flying around my truck just for company on long trips. :-D

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 John F. Kennedy
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Re: bees loose in car
« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2013, 12:34:21 am »
I keep a couple of bees flying around my truck just for company on long trips. :-D

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