If the home owners are going to remove siding and clean, it would be incredibly simpler for you to just remove the siding and do a cut out.
That way you salvage most of the comb, brood, stores, and the queen. (In one afternoon)
If they want the tree gone, ditto. If they dont, do a Hogan Trapout and you may get the queen, but its at least three weeks on that venture.
If you just trap foragers for a week, most of your bees are middle aged already...
That way you salvage most of the comb, brood, stores, and the queen. (In one afternoon)
If they want the tree gone, ditto. If they dont, do a Hogan Trapout and you may get the queen, but its at least three weeks on that venture.
If you just trap foragers for a week, most of your bees are middle aged already...