[ocba] Another Day at the Office

Lewis Cauble lewis at hivebody.com
Thu Apr 23 21:34:12 EDT 2009


I was near Hillsborough yesterday when I got a call from Bobbi at Busy  
Bee.  Seems a large construction company was clearing a lot on Club  
Blvd in Durham and dropped a tree with a colony in it.  They wanted  
someone to fetch it up.

When they discovered the colony, they called Durham Animal Control.   
They referred them to Critter Control.   Critter Control sent them to  
ncbeekeepers.org where they got in touch with Judy Pick.  Judy called  
Busy Bee but Jack was unavailable.  Bobbi called me.  I called the  
fellow and told him I'd come over and take a look.

When I got there, they had this large log with bees flying around it  
roped off to the side of the lot.  They had made the cutest damn sign  
you've ever seen and posted it at the roped off area.  It said "BEES!"  
on it and had a few drawings (in color) of bees flying about.   I  
don't know who made the sign, but it was great.

The log was about 20 feet long and the knot hole where the bees were  
was about in the middle.  I didn't really have time to deal with it so  
I asked if we could deal with it next week.  The super really wanted  
it gone as soon as possible.  I think the real issue was that it wasI  
looked it over and figured we could set it in my trailer if we could  
cut it down to size.

I came back to Cedar Grove and grabbed my trailer and a chain saw.

When I got back with the trailer and saw, I took a bit of screen and a  
slap tacker and covered the entrance.  I gave the saw to one of the  
workers (they wouldn't allow me to use the saw on the job site).  I  
guessed at where to cut the log on each side of the knot and told the  
fellow to back out if he hit honey.  He made the two cuts without a  
problem.

I backed my trailer up near the log and they used a ginormous track  
hoe to load it into my trailer.  I rolled out with the log, bees and  
all.  When I made it back to Cedar Grove, I backed the trailer up to a  
hefty tree in the front yard.  I tied a strap around the log and tied  
the other end of the strap around a tree.  Then I just pulled forward  
until the log flopped out of the trailer into my yard.

If anyone wants to take a crack at removing the bees from the log, you  
are welcome to have the bees when you get them out.  All I ask is that  
you do it at my house.  I want to watch!

Fetching up a colony of bees, Cedar Grove style...

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