Hi All,
I am wanting to do a trapout on these bees to save them from extermination. I have tried to convince the homeowner to let me remove bees each year while leaving the hive intact but unfortunately she seems to wants them gone and the crevasse sealed up afterwards.
Please provide any good advice and recommendations you have on this situation. Its now late July and my concern is that the timing is bad for these bees to come out without any of their stores?
I'm going to try and see if I can stretch the situation out until spring before I complete the removal but that will all depend on if the trapout reduces the visible activity very much. These bees have been here for multiple years so I'm very interested to get and preserve their localized genes.
Regards,
SteveO
I am wanting to do a trapout on these bees to save them from extermination. I have tried to convince the homeowner to let me remove bees each year while leaving the hive intact but unfortunately she seems to wants them gone and the crevasse sealed up afterwards.
Please provide any good advice and recommendations you have on this situation. Its now late July and my concern is that the timing is bad for these bees to come out without any of their stores?
I'm going to try and see if I can stretch the situation out until spring before I complete the removal but that will all depend on if the trapout reduces the visible activity very much. These bees have been here for multiple years so I'm very interested to get and preserve their localized genes.
Regards,
SteveO

