A Bee Tree: Removing Bees from a Tree

Here, beekeepers are called in to remove a colony of honey bees from a tree that fell in a recent storm. For more information on removing honey bee colonies from trees, see the eXtension.org page

http://www.extension.org/pages/44069/i-have-honey-bees-in-a-tree-can-i-remove...

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• honey
• bees
• bee tree
• bee removal
• beekeeping

[soapy22bullet]

too bad you did not keep the comb in the right orientation, you turned it 90* from what it should have been. Is that old man Skinner in there with you??

[BeeHealth]

@soapy22bullet That's right, Dr. Skinner was the one cutting the comb and appearing in other shots as well. You are correct, the comb was turned 90* from original orientation, since the tree fell over. It did however seem apparent that some of the combs were built after the tree had fallen and therefore in correct orientation. Either way, we cut the combs in the way that fit easiest into the frames, minimizing destroying more brood. If it mattered to turn it, we may never know.

[tannint]

Where's this at?

[BeeHealth]

@tannint In Knoxville, Tennessee off Alcoa.

[Acumagnet]

Are those Carniolans?

[lyan47]

Wow.. It's a tough job to be a bee exterminator or a beekeeper...

[V5R7N]

Nicely done thank you.

[janomac]

I especially appreciate the fact that the owners wished to move the bees rather than simply kill them. It is also quite apparent that the bee-folk took great care to gently, yet efficiently as possible remove the bees without a rush, panic, or greed to just get honey. I hope viewers noted how docile the bees were, even when a chainsaw was roaring overhead or when someone was cutting comb away with a knife (un-gloved, no less!).

Kudos to the crew and the owners!