Monthly Archives: July 2012

Inspect Your Bottom Boards For Wax Moths

Posted on July 31, 2012 by

Went through almost all the hives in the past two weeks and have noticed that wax moths were in most of them on the bottom boards. The smaller hives had much more while the larger hives had very little as … Continue reading →

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Rod’s First Beehive Inspection – Adopt A Hive

Posted on July 21, 2012 by

Rod of Los Altos adopted the Fernando colony back in April and between our very busy schedules we finally had the opportunity to meet up and complete Rod’s first inspection together. Upon arriving I noticed that Rod’s family has planted … Continue reading →

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Bees Relocated From Behind Electric Meter – Mountain View Bee Removal

Posted on July 17, 2012 by

Here’s our Sunday bee removal in Mountain View. Last Thursday we did a site check after Kiwi and Bob called, and found the bees inside the electric meter box and knew it was nearly impossible to get to them from … Continue reading →

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Wollenberg’s Hive Delivered – Adopt A Beehive

Posted on July 15, 2012 by

About a month ago the Wollenberg’s came over to transfer the bees into their woodware and for a beekeeping 101 lesson including how to correct crossed combs. We also added another medium onto the hive as they were out of … Continue reading →

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Bees With An Electric Buzz – Mountain View Bee Removal

Posted on July 14, 2012 by

After the telephone pole site check I received another call and it wasn’t that far away so I went for yet another site check, this time in Mountain View. Arrived and the family show me where the colony of bees … Continue reading →

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Bees In A Telephone Pole

Posted on July 13, 2012 by

Thursday I received a call from Cindi, an APR realtor who’s selling a Los Altos house not too far from me that has bees on the property. Since I was close by I swung by on my way to my … Continue reading →

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Cupertino Bee Removal – Chimney Bees

Posted on July 8, 2012 by

After some research and having other bee removers come out to take a look at the bee situation, Jennifer of Cupertino called us to find and relocate a bee colony living on her second story entering between the chimney and … Continue reading →

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The Benefits Of Propolis In Your Hives

Posted on July 3, 2012 by

Person County Beekeepers Association had a guest speaker, Dr. Mike Simone-Finstrom, who conducted a research on the benefits of propolis to the honeybee colonies. Here’s a quick summary: Bees collect propolis on their hind legs and deposit it in the … Continue reading →

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Adopt A Hive – The Danford’s Adopt The Fern Colony

Posted on July 2, 2012 by

Last Friday Becci emailed me regarding adopting a hive. She’s a second year beekeeper but haven’t had much luck with overwintering her bees last year. She wanted an established FERAL colony instead of “commercial bees” and through a little online … Continue reading →

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Bee Removal From Second Oldest Oak Tree in Los Altos

Posted on July 1, 2012 by

We did a bee removal today (Saturday) from the second oldest oak tree in Los Altos. Before I went for a site check I was told there was only one hive with bees entering from the center of the oak … Continue reading →

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