Hi everyone.
Did my first removal yesterday. This was a swarm that moved into a house on Friday so was not well established yet (but dang were they working on it). This one caused a few questions from me for those of you that do removals:
Do you have certain weather limitations that you look for before you attempt the removal, i.e. min temp, sunny, etc.?
When do you call it good? Try as hard as I could, I couldn't get every single bee out. What do you do with the stragglers? Hope that they leave of their own free will?
Do you ever find the queen and cage her up or is it a roll of the dice? I think I got lucky and found this one scampering around in a box, but I didn't cage her.
How much do you guys usually charge for this work? The homeowner offered to pay me more, but I honestly didn't feel right taking it. I got a huge colony out of the deal, it was an easy reconstruction, and I got $350 out of the deal. Plus I learned some new stuff.
Sorry for the long-winded questions, but TIA for the answers.
Did my first removal yesterday. This was a swarm that moved into a house on Friday so was not well established yet (but dang were they working on it). This one caused a few questions from me for those of you that do removals:
Do you have certain weather limitations that you look for before you attempt the removal, i.e. min temp, sunny, etc.?
When do you call it good? Try as hard as I could, I couldn't get every single bee out. What do you do with the stragglers? Hope that they leave of their own free will?
Do you ever find the queen and cage her up or is it a roll of the dice? I think I got lucky and found this one scampering around in a box, but I didn't cage her.
How much do you guys usually charge for this work? The homeowner offered to pay me more, but I honestly didn't feel right taking it. I got a huge colony out of the deal, it was an easy reconstruction, and I got $350 out of the deal. Plus I learned some new stuff.
Sorry for the long-winded questions, but TIA for the answers.