Tag Archives: Los Altos Honey Bees

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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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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Removing Bees From Eve Of The Roof – Los Altos, CA

Posted on June 14, 2012 by

We did the bee relocation from the eve of the roof this afternoon when it was 78F. My dad and I were in full suits and dang, sweat was running down our forehead into our eyes like crazy. We can’t … Continue reading →

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Bee Removal From Air Conditioner Duct

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

April 19 I met Leslie in Los Altos for a site check on the A/C Bees. Today we did a quick live bee relocation from the air conditioner duct with the professional help from James of Palo Alto & Dahl Plumbing … Continue reading →

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Adopt A Beehive – Four Miles Away To New Home

Posted on March 2, 2012 by

Last year’s after-swarm caught in Los Altos has been doing great. This colony never stopped growing and with the nectar flow going on right now the bees are skyrocketing in numbers. The hive will be moved to their new home … Continue reading →

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Los Altos Honey Bees In The News

Posted on November 3, 2011 by

Two weeks ago the article on Los Altos Honey Bees and other Los Altos Beekeepers went live. Elliot came over to the yard and took some great photos but of course they could not print them all. So here are … Continue reading →

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Bee Removal Sunnyvale – Bees In Yet Another Recycle Bin

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

This evening we received a call from Ron regarding some honeybees in his recycle bin. He said on the phone that it looked exactly like the other removal we did from another recycle bin. Tomorrow is my dad’s eye surgery … Continue reading →

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Adopt A Bee Hive – Webster Hive Adopted

Posted on June 10, 2011 by

It was a fun day today in which dad and I had an entire day doing our bee thing. First thing in the morning we headed to Menlo Park to deliver a hive to Marius and Shannon. They adopted the … Continue reading →

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Scouts Checking Out Old Hives

Posted on May 1, 2011 by

Saturday I received a call from my nephew that a swarm was moving into their balcony again. This would be the third colony living in there since they bought the house. I was told scouts were checking out the two … Continue reading →

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Los Altos Bee Removal – Site Checks 4/5/2011

Posted on April 5, 2011 by

Did two scheduled site checks today in Los Altos. Both were newly formed colonies from recent swarms. The first was an old Victorian house with two chimneys. Each chimney had honey bees entering from the top somewhere. It was a … Continue reading →

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