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I have an open air hive to remove this weekend but I'm not sure which would be the best way to do this. The hive is under the eave of the roof about 12' high. I took a look at it last Saturday and at that time the center combs of the hive were at least 2 feet long by 2 feet wide.
According to the owner this hive has been there since about March of this year so I'm thinking the wax is still fairly fragile. One piece of advice I was given was that I could wet them down fairly well with water, scrape the comb and let it drop into a tote. My worries are that 1. alot of the comb will get really damaged and 2. I think I would run the risk of killing a lot of bees that are between the combs. Once that nectar starts running out of the combs you have a big sticky mess.
So I'm thinking cut the comb down one at a time, vacuum them off and keep going. Any better suggestions?
Thanks,
Chris
According to the owner this hive has been there since about March of this year so I'm thinking the wax is still fairly fragile. One piece of advice I was given was that I could wet them down fairly well with water, scrape the comb and let it drop into a tote. My worries are that 1. alot of the comb will get really damaged and 2. I think I would run the risk of killing a lot of bees that are between the combs. Once that nectar starts running out of the combs you have a big sticky mess.
So I'm thinking cut the comb down one at a time, vacuum them off and keep going. Any better suggestions?
Thanks,
Chris