Storm damage - apiary demolished

[yes2matt]

Commiserate with me, please. I attached before and after pics.

I cut out two of seven hives,  three colonies intact, bees flying. Can't get to the rest yet. UGH! This is not what I wanted to be doing!

Third pic is a 14 inch trunk dropped right between two stacks housing three colonies.(yup,  that's a double screen board)  Lucky? No lucky? 

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[Ben Framed]

Wow, I feel for you Matt.

Phillip

[Bill Murray]

I feel for you Matt. Took me two days to cut my way into a yard last year.

But on the bright side, they were still there with what looks like minimal damage

[Kathyp]

That sucks.  I hope you will be surprised to find that most are salvageable.  They are tough little things.

[Terri Yaki]

That hurts to see, hoping for the best for you.

[The15thMember]

Oh what a shame!  Hopefully everything will be salvageable.   

[iddee]

OUCH

[max2]

I had something very similar happen to me this seson.
A large tree came across a bench of  7 nuc's.
My son helped me cut the branches away with a pole saw.
I lost one nuc - too much water got into it.
Not a single sting.
All the best with the cleanup.

[Occam]

So sorry to hear that Matt, if I was nearby I'd be happy to help clean up

[BeeMaster2]

Sorry to hear that Matt. Sounds like you were pretty lucky considering. Looks like just a lot of clean up work. Hopefully the hey all survived.
Jim Altmiller