Congratulations. You just wasted 15 dollars more (you are only getting $200 for this, by the way). The nylon does not hold up, flopping closed before you ever even apply the glue to it. Worse, because you cut it to try it out, you can’t even return it to Home Depot. Would you like toContinueContinue reading “Nylon Screen”
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Cone Trap – Hardware Cloth
It makes sense. If bees can get back into the cone the way that they got out of it, you need to change the cone. The pokey entrance was not enough to dissuade (or you decided, like I did, to try the combination first) and you reinforce the cone with hardware cloth ($18 at theContinueContinue reading “Cone Trap – Hardware Cloth”
A New Day
It is a bright, new day, and you have it all figured out.Overnight, you worried the idea over and over. And finally decided on a course of action. You are going to swap out your ShopVac for the one your wife has. Hers is more powerful, and won’t lose suction so easily. You have installedContinueContinue reading “A New Day”
Keep Working – Night-Time Edition
You really aren’t too bright, are you?Bees stung you through the suit, you flailed in response, dropping the vacuum and falling off the ladder. As you fell, you dislodged the bucket with the bees, which fell on top of you.Your screams could be heard for miles.Lee Robinson, who advised you not to continue, tried toContinueContinue reading “Keep Working – Night-Time Edition”
Aluminum Screen
OK, you have decided to go with an aluminum screen cone. Good call. Aluminum screen is hardy, weather resistant, and a little bit pokey – so you can keep the bees from reentering. So now you are off to the local hardware store to buy an $8 roll – the smallest available – of aluminumContinueContinue reading “Aluminum Screen”
Back to the Drawing Board
Sometimes, it is best to just take a beat, and read, and think, and plan a little more. Sure, there is a time for action, but sometimes, you gain insight by putting the chutzpah on hold and plotting things through a little better.The books talk a lot about trap-outs, and how they work. Essentially, youContinueContinue reading “Back to the Drawing Board”
Don’t Look – Long Way Down
I extended my 20′ ladder to its full length, and placed it against the front wall of Mr. Stephen Edmonson’s house. I clambered up, I stood on the top available rung, and still fell about four feet short of being able to peer into the hive.This beehive removal was going to be tricky.Stephen has aContinueContinue reading “Don’t Look – Long Way Down”
Removals (x2)
“I am reading through this contract, and the way I read it, you will not replace the work that you tear out. Am I reading that right?”It is a fair question. A fair thing to ask. Mr. Victor Robinson has a tenant who was looking to have bees removed from his back porch, and IContinueContinue reading “Removals (x2)”
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