[ocba] COLONY REMOVAL

Jeff Bollinger jeff01 at email.unc.edu
Sun Jul 27 12:48:57 EDT 2008


  > On 7/25/08, Becky Bollinger <beckyalis at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Is anyone interested in tackling this or is there interest from the club in
>> doing this as a club. Please let me know as I would need to contact
>> inspectors in advance to set this up.
>> Thanks,
>> Becky
>>
>>
>>  I received a call last week from a friend, Jim Weaver, asking for someone
>> to do a bee removal from an old,uninhabited house on a large tract of land
>> in Caswell Co. The property is used as a hunt club by himself and several
>> others men. The location is about 20 miles north of Hillsborough off of Hwy.
>> 86 toward Danville. Jim states that the bees have been behind the clap
>> boards of the house for 5 or 6 years but become a nuisance/aggressive when
>> he mows. I was thinking or hoping that unless someone would love to get
>> right on this job we  might use the opportunity for our club to have some
>> bee removal training with inspectors and all since this is something that
>> could wait. Jim would very much appreciate hearing from someone who can
>> help, and his contact number is 919 782-3096. He lives in Raleigh.
>>
>> Gayle Young


Is this an ok time to collect these bees?  If they have been there for 5 
years I'd be willing to bet there is quite a large colony.  If they are 
removed now would we be jeopardizing their chances of surviving in a 
Langstroth hive over this winter?

Jeff



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