Monthly Archives: July 2011

Bee Rescue from Water Service Hole

Posted on July 31, 2011 by

An email came in saying that there are bees that need to be rescued before they get sprayed as the water company need access. We were booked tight this weekend but Saturday afternoon we found a couple of hours to … Continue reading →

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Palo Alto Bee Rescue – Vacuumed the Queen Bee

Posted on July 29, 2011 by

On June 7th we did a site check at this location in Palo Alto and then couldn’t do the bee removal because my dad was just about to do his eye surgery. So time went on and the bees that … Continue reading →

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Great America’s Newest Thrill Ride – 20 Feet Vertical Bee Removal

Posted on July 28, 2011 by

There’s a new thrill ride at California’s Great America. It’s 20 feet up and to add to the excitement it has a few thousand stinging bees. Actually it’s a colony of honey bees at Great America and they are very … Continue reading →

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Los Altos Bee Removal From Stucco Wall

Posted on July 26, 2011 by

This removal has been rescheduled many times mainly due to the low bee activity at the entrance of a possible hive, queen-right or queenless. That was unknown because June 1 I removed a large swarm that clustered at the same … Continue reading →

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CoolEatz Hives Doing Excellent

Posted on July 24, 2011 by

We went to do a quick inspection on the two hives that CoolEatz adopted on July 2, 2011. It has been only 21 days but these were big hives so they do need to be inspected more often to make … Continue reading →

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Sunnyvale Bee Swarm Rescued

Posted on July 24, 2011 by

You’ll notice not many beekeepers are now chasing swarms because the primary swarm season is over. Currently most of them are small after-swarms and they take more TLC to get them to survive the Winter especially it is already now … Continue reading →

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Sunnyvale Bee Removal – Double Colony – Site Check

Posted on July 23, 2011 by

Had a loooong week at work since all three of my projects all fell into the planning phases. So I took off around 3:30 PM Friday and went to do some bees things as I was waiting for some slides … Continue reading →

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Millbrae Bee Removal – Electric Meter Box

Posted on July 18, 2011 by

This weekend was all about our honey bees. I could have done this second removal on Saturday before the Redwood City bee relocation but as stated I was beat coming back from Las Vegas. So Sunday we scheduled this rescue … Continue reading →

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Redwood City Bee Removal – Second Swarm on the Same Wall

Posted on July 18, 2011 by

Last Monday received a call from John’s wife saying that the wall near their front gate was covered with bees. A swarm has landed on their fencing wall, the same one as last time (cutout in May this year) but … Continue reading →

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Redwood City Bee Removal – OUCH! 20+ Stings

Posted on July 9, 2011 by

About a month ago Sandy of Redwood City emailed me about rescuing some bees that made home either in the wall or space between the first and second floor. A beekeeper she knows came out to take a look but … Continue reading →

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