Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2015 10:43:00 GMT
I have my number in the local newspaper to pick up bee swarms, so I tend to get quite a few "I have bees in my wall" phone calls. Today, I got a call from the sweetest retired widow lady.
She thought she had bees in her wall, so I went over to check. What she actually had was a swarm scouting, I think. Thursday I will go back and ensure the bees didn't swarm from the hole in her wall. But, after capturing the swarm in one of the trees in her yard, I am not entirely sure she didn't spray them with something. I have never had a swarm not fly like these did. They would fall off in clumps and crawl around in the grass.
I brought them home and stuck them in a disposable nuc box, just in case they were sprayed I wouldn't have contaminated equipment. She said they weren't. But, if not they have serious issues. Just keeping my fingers crossed now.
She thought she had bees in her wall, so I went over to check. What she actually had was a swarm scouting, I think. Thursday I will go back and ensure the bees didn't swarm from the hole in her wall. But, after capturing the swarm in one of the trees in her yard, I am not entirely sure she didn't spray them with something. I have never had a swarm not fly like these did. They would fall off in clumps and crawl around in the grass.
I brought them home and stuck them in a disposable nuc box, just in case they were sprayed I wouldn't have contaminated equipment. She said they weren't. But, if not they have serious issues. Just keeping my fingers crossed now.
