Category Archives: Cupertino

Cupertino Bee Removal – Second Swarm of the Day

Posted on March 21, 2013 by

While we were just finishing up capturing the last swarm (previous blog post) in San Jose, we received a call from Asta. She had a swarm land on her lemon tree and her place was only 5 minutes away in … Continue reading →

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Bee Swarm Under Umbrella – San Jose Bee Rescue

Posted on March 21, 2013 by

Around dinner time tonight I received a call from Breatriz of San Jose. She spotted a bee nest under her umbrella and wasn’t sure what kind of bees they were. So she texted me picture of a bee and the … 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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Site Check – San Jose Bees In Attic

Posted on April 26, 2012 by

Went for a quick site check on the border of San Jose and Cupertino since it was so close by. The bees are once again entering through the vent holes into the attic. Going to remove the 2×6 wood piece … Continue reading →

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Cupertino Bee Swarm Removal – Spray and Shake

Posted on April 22, 2012 by

Saturday was so hot and after the last cutout we were supposed to call it quits for the rest of the day. But while we were headed back home a call came in for a swarm in Cupertino. It was … Continue reading →

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Cupertino Krzich Hive – Thought Queenless, Swarm Cells, and a Virgin Queen

Posted on April 11, 2011 by

4/10/2011 – We inspected the Cupertino Krzich hive two weekends ago when it threw off a small swarm, which we hives but didn’t catch the queen and it flew off the next day. We opened the hive and didn’t find … Continue reading →

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Cupertino Swarm Removal – Bees on Roof Top – 3/30/2011

Posted on March 31, 2011 by

Yesterday, 3/30,2011, got a late call yesterday about a small small swarm of bees on the roof top. Actually it was small if you look at the swarm from the outside but it seems many bees were hidden. They took … Continue reading →

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Cupertino Krzich Queen & Added a Box Underneath

Posted on March 5, 2011 by

The Cupertino Krzich colony was hived January 27th, 2011 and today was the second time we’ve inspected the hive. The first was just to check to see if the bees made a new emergency queen but we found the queen … Continue reading →

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March Madness For the Bees

Posted on March 1, 2011 by

March madness for honey bees? What? It’s March 1st today… so what does that mean to the honey bees in our area. Well, in the past few years the weather wasn’t as unstable like this year so March meant the … Continue reading →

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Cupertino Krzich Hive Battled the Cold

Posted on February 27, 2011 by

Well, it didn’t snow here on Friday and Saturday night but we did wake up to white frost covering everything. I’ve built a roof above the Cupertino Krzich colony and also put an empty super above the top cover to … Continue reading →

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