Back at it.(If you just want to read about me getting stung repeatedly, skip to that part of the story at the bottom of the entry, under follow-up:)I was determined today to remove the eave bracket and get at the honeybees inside. Suited up, grabbed the crowbar, and started crowbarring.The first part of the removalContinueContinue reading “Taking, Pried In my Work, with a Stinging Postscript”
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First Job – FAIL (for the moment)
Last Monday I set aside the time to remove the bees from Duff Green. Quick in, quick out, two hives of bees to relocate.The result was awful. An unmitigated failure.The space is not enough to get the hydraulic lift in, said Harley. But, she said, we have some really long ladders – 60′ or so.OK.AboutContinueContinue reading “First Job – FAIL (for the moment)”
First Job of the Season
I feel a little rusty. For a while last summer, I was doing honeybee hive removals pretty regularly, and I had my toolkit together, and knew what I needed to do, and in what order. Each one presented new challenges, but I had the pieces covered.Now it has been months, and I have a littleContinueContinue reading “First Job of the Season”
Slimed
Last week, one of my queens – Aline – stopped laying. I thought maybe I had accidentally skooshed her, but then I saw her bopping around on the frame. Happily not laying any eggs.Bitch.I asked my mentor whether I should do anything more, and he asked about the pollen. If the hive is not pullingContinueContinue reading “Slimed”
The Flowers Appear on the Earth – Honeybee edition
With bated breath, I opened my hives this weekend. Saturday was a warmer day for us, with temperatures in the mid-60s. I watched the bees come and go from each of the three hives that had survived last summer and fall, and they were carrying loads of pollen into their homes. My girls were busy.SoContinueContinue reading “The Flowers Appear on the Earth – Honeybee edition”
Late-Season Removal
The bees were pretty aggressive. That was a change.The lift. Bees were located betweenthe two windows on the rightSeveral months ago, Mrs. Joyce Clingan called me and asked me to remove the bees that were in the corner of her home. We had planned to schedule the removal to coincide with the fixing of herContinueContinue reading “Late-Season Removal”
Queen Maggie, May I Introduce My Mother, Patty
The family legend is that my mom’s aunt used to sit outside between the hives that her dad kept. While he was working, she would bring a book and read, thousands of bees flying around her head. She was completely at ease around the bees, and would often be found leaning up against the hives.HerContinueContinue reading “Queen Maggie, May I Introduce My Mother, Patty”
Choose your own adventure – Honeybees
If you choose to run out the front door, turn to page 23.If you go to the kitchen to investigate, turn to page 26. Was there ever anything better than those books? I loved them. In the Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books, you chose a path, and got to find out what the consequence of your choice was. ContinueContinue reading “Choose your own adventure – Honeybees”
Trap Out!
It was time.I have been putting off the job at the Vicksburg Auditorium for a while. Partly because of the nature of the job. Partly because the removal from the other side of the building (yeah, they had TWO hives) had not gone as I wanted it to (the bees moved inside the building, andContinueContinue reading “Trap Out!”
My "Not Bees" Contract
“I have a large cone of bees on the window of my house, and I need someone to remove them. Can you come?”I don’t know how Ms. Eloise found me. It doesn’t matter. I love getting out and finding out where bees have showed up and invaded people’s personal space. She sounded concerned. A littleContinueContinue reading “My "Not Bees" Contract”
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