Saturday, June 3, 2006






Huge colony on the side of a tree in South Dallas. It's about 20 feet up, the most challenging removal so far. I had to cut the comb off piece by piece and place it in the wood frames with rubber bands. I concentrated on cutting just the brood parts of the comb off as the honey would drip down too much and inevitably drown the bees. It went surprisingly well. Then I hauled my brand new trusty bee-vac up into the tree with me to suck up the remaining bees. A bird hiding in a near-by hollow got startled with the noise of the vacuum and flew out at me right in my face. It was un-nerving to say the least...

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