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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => HONEYBEE REMOVAL => Topic started by: JP on August 09, 2012, 05:09:50 pm

Title: JP And Emil Remove Bees From Narrow Soffit In Metairie, Louisiana
Post by: JP on August 09, 2012, 05:09:50 pm: This one was done on May 8, 2012.

...JP

JP And Emil Remove Bees From Soffit In Metairie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc2gT_ASxy8#ws)
Title: Re: JP And Emil Remove Bees From Narrow Soffit In Metairie, Louisiana
Post by: Larry Bees on August 09, 2012, 05:16:54 pm: Did you ever find that queen? Larry
Title: Re: JP And Emil Remove Bees From Narrow Soffit In Metairie, Louisiana
Post by: JP on August 09, 2012, 05:27:13 pm: We never did find the queen but I suppose they made a new one. This colony went to Emil's place and he can't remember which one it is so who knows what happened for certain. I believe she was injured or killed during the removal. It was not an easy removal.

...JP
Title: Re: JP And Emil Remove Bees From Narrow Soffit In Metairie, Louisiana
Post by: blanc on August 09, 2012, 08:15:52 pm: After having done a few removals myself I know you edit out all the messy parts and I don.t blame ya. Especially when you get to the honey store it tends to ooz all over everything. :-D
Title: Re: JP And Emil Remove Bees From Narrow Soffit In Metairie, Louisiana
Post by: AllenF on August 09, 2012, 08:22:31 pm: Good video JP. Hard work cutting out those bees but you make it look easy.
Title: Re: JP And Emil Remove Bees From Narrow Soffit In Metairie, Louisiana
Post by: JP on August 09, 2012, 11:47:00 pm: Quote from: blanc on August 09, 2012, 08:15:52 pm
After having done a few removals myself I know you edit out all the messy parts and I don.t blame ya. Especially when you get to the honey store it tends to ooz all over everything. :-D

I try to keep the videos as short as possible while making them educational and entertaining. There's only so much that you can fit into these short videos.

...JP
Title: Re: JP And Emil Remove Bees From Narrow Soffit In Metairie, Louisiana
Post by: JP on August 09, 2012, 11:51:35 pm: Quote from: AllenF on August 09, 2012, 08:22:31 pm
Good video JP. Hard work cutting out those bees but you make it look easy.

Allen, it was a messy removal with lots of dripping honey. I believe the queen had run down and was covered in honey and perhaps we even pinched her while trying to pull out some of that hard to get to comb. We did bee quick them and even tried to get at them from the attic. We were hoping she would show but it wasn't meant to be.

...JP
Title: Re: JP And Emil Remove Bees From Narrow Soffit In Metairie, Louisiana
Post by: D Coates on August 10, 2012, 06:45:11 pm: Did Emil get nailed between the eyes at the end? He looks downright pi$$ed.
Title: Re: JP And Emil Remove Bees From Narrow Soffit In Metairie, Louisiana
Post by: JP on August 11, 2012, 09:16:09 am: Emil did in fact take a sting right between the eyes at the end of the video. Ouch!

...JP
Title: Re: JP And Emil Remove Bees From Narrow Soffit In Metairie, Louisiana
Post by: annette on August 11, 2012, 08:50:04 pm: Yiks, that doesn't look like fun at all. Poor Emil getting stung on camera like that.

Did you get all the bees out of the wall using beequick?
Title: Re: JP And Emil Remove Bees From Narrow Soffit In Metairie, Louisiana
Post by: JP on August 11, 2012, 10:17:14 pm: Annette, it was quite a chore but we did eventually get all of them out. We did decide however to leave the set up over night to give them more time to gravitate to the set up.

...JP
Title: Re: JP And Emil Remove Bees From Narrow Soffit In Metairie, Louisiana
Post by: KD4MOJ on August 16, 2012, 01:51:36 pm: It's bad to be popped but not on video!!! Great job guys!

...DOUG
KD4MOJ