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Ccorazone 06-29-2012 12:39 PM

Honey Bees in my front yard
 
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We notices these bees flying in the yard about a week ago. apparently they had been there quite some time. The had been building their hive in some contracption the water company has in my front yard. We called the wated company, they call a "bee man" to come remove them. He took his vaccum and sucked them up then proceeded to remove the hive. He had a trash can to put the comb in and you can see that it is over flowing in the photos. I got him to give me some of the honey comb and will get the honey out when the bees leave the area or die off. The "bee man" said they only lived about three weeks anyway.

Jan in VA 06-29-2012 12:55 PM

LOL!!! Great shots of a man at work in the best position possible!:D

damaquilts 06-29-2012 03:34 PM

Yeah love the shots .. lol .. How wonderful you got some of the honey though. you know for sure its local..:)

Latrinka 06-30-2012 10:17 AM

Wow, that's scary!

AuntieD 06-30-2012 02:24 PM

That looks like a lot of honeycomb. Glad you got some. I didn't know their life cycle was so short. Thanks for the information.

StephTn 06-30-2012 05:22 PM

the girls which they are the ones that do all the work live for 6 weeks. the Queen I think lives for 2 yrs.

SUZAG 06-30-2012 07:15 PM

Those pictures make you wonder what the neighbors were thinking...lol

rainagade 07-01-2012 07:16 AM

Bee's live 45 days. We switch out our Queen's every other year.

noahscats7 07-01-2012 02:50 PM

I wish that was our problem. We have yellow jackets in the wall behind an outlet on our deck. I had the pump to our fountain plugged into to it and they actually pushed it out of the wall onto the deck. So far only one sting....to me.

FroggyinTexas 07-01-2012 03:21 PM


Originally Posted by rainagade (Post 5330620)
Bee's live 45 days. We switch out our Queen's every other year.

I hope the "beeman" just relocated the bees to another hive. Bees that are producing honey are also pollinating your garden and your flowers...Most people who are called to get a hive relocate them so they can continue their work. I used to keep bees in my backyard. That's when I learned that whatever you have to pay for a pound of honey is worth every penny! froggyintexas


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