“Gahhray! A ball of bees just fell off the ledge and exploded in mid-air and they just disappeared!!” My pastor, Tim Brown, had overcome his fear of bees to come and watch me work. I was perched in the hydraulic lift at the roofline of the Rosenthall home, talking through what I was doing. TimContinueContinue reading “The Glue that Binds”
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Pushing them too far
After working with mean honeybees for a couple of weeks straight, I really wanted a nice, simple, friendly interaction with bees to restore my confidence. A sting or two is ok and expected, especially with a removal where you are taking the bees out of their home and away from their resources. It makes sense.ContinueContinue reading “Pushing them too far”
Falling for You
I opened the door to the office. Unfortunately, I had gone into the wrong door, so the alarm screamed its fury at me, assaulting my senses. At the exact same moment, a honeybee culminated her assault on me with a dive into my shirt. Decision time: What crisis gets top priority? I ran over toContinueContinue reading “Falling for You”
We’re BACK!
For every bee removal job I complete, I provide some strongly worded suggestions about what the next steps need to be. After explaining that you DO NOT want me as your repair carpenter, I provide the following recommendation: “Bees tend to re-occupy, so return of another swarm to this location is likely, if additional actionsContinueContinue reading “We’re BACK!”
Honeybees – 57; Crorey – 0
The honeybee removal job was clearly going to be a tough one; one that was going to require some serious problem solving. Trinity Episcopal Church had some bees that had taken up residence over the entrance to the church. They were going and coming from the flashing just above the gutter, and by the looksContinueContinue reading “Honeybees – 57; Crorey – 0”
Can’t….quite….reach
I asked off work for Friday afternoon to take care of the first of four hive removal projects. The place is just lovely – a two-story antebellum home that overlooks the old path that the Mississippi River took in front of Vicksburg. The bees had occupied the second-floor balcony and were making a nuisance ofContinueContinue reading “Can’t….quite….reach”
Cool Day for a Cutout
I had just finished my conversation and was walking back to my truck. Remembering something, I went back inside and handed her my card. “I always forget to do that. Seems silly to carry them around if I am not going to hand them out.” “Thank you. We really need those things gone.” The womanContinueContinue reading “Cool Day for a Cutout”
Well, Crap.
Some days you get the easy swarm, and it all just works fine. Yesterday was not that day. I got a call from a neighbor friend of mine, Anita Webb, who was very excited. “We were outside and just heard them, and there is a huge bunch of bees on a tree in our yard,ContinueContinue reading “Well, Crap.”
A Tale of Two Swarms
Swarm #1 “The moment they swarm is when the bees are at their most docile,” I said. Bill and I looked up at the mass of bees clustered under the portico of his house. “While they are in transit from their old residence to a new one, they are not protecting anything – not home,ContinueContinue reading “A Tale of Two Swarms”
Bee Condo
5 April 2020. The first bee job of the year from a week ago was a free-bee, where I went and helped a guy by taking a log full of bees off his hands. The limb had fallen on some of his farm equipment, and after a minimum of fuss, we had a log ofContinueContinue reading “Bee Condo”
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