Did a cutout on a huge hive of small bees Monday of last week in a brick containment area outside of a house.
Second cutout was Friday of last week. It was also a huge hive in a huge tree that was cutdown.
Got a call today from the city wanting me to go to there solid waste station. They grind up trees and other woody debris brought in by the city, people, and companies. Someone brought in a tree and dumped it off with a colony of bees. Checked it out. Didn't have time to finish the job plus I ran out of frames. Didn't look to be a big hive but the first section I opened (accidently cut hive in two because I didn't know the hive went that far up past the entrance) got me 4 brood frames of brood and 1 medium frame of brood. Left my hive there along with opened up log. Covered everything up with a tarp.
Will go back tomorrow and get the rest. Hope I can find the queen to make it easier. Can't use my vac as the tree is too far out on the huge tarmac where the debris is dropped off, shredded and then piled up for mulch. There was a huge amount of bees inside of the log that I opened up. Hopefully most of them will go into my hive before I get there tomorrow.
This is helping to make up for the 11 hives I lost this past winter. These hives are large enough that it's possible for them to produce extra honey before the year is out.
Second cutout was Friday of last week. It was also a huge hive in a huge tree that was cutdown.
Got a call today from the city wanting me to go to there solid waste station. They grind up trees and other woody debris brought in by the city, people, and companies. Someone brought in a tree and dumped it off with a colony of bees. Checked it out. Didn't have time to finish the job plus I ran out of frames. Didn't look to be a big hive but the first section I opened (accidently cut hive in two because I didn't know the hive went that far up past the entrance) got me 4 brood frames of brood and 1 medium frame of brood. Left my hive there along with opened up log. Covered everything up with a tarp.
Will go back tomorrow and get the rest. Hope I can find the queen to make it easier. Can't use my vac as the tree is too far out on the huge tarmac where the debris is dropped off, shredded and then piled up for mulch. There was a huge amount of bees inside of the log that I opened up. Hopefully most of them will go into my hive before I get there tomorrow.
This is helping to make up for the 11 hives I lost this past winter. These hives are large enough that it's possible for them to produce extra honey before the year is out.