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Good Morning , Happy Mothers Day !
 
bigsur51 said:
one for the ages
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But you have to be quick before it is removed..............

42F @ 88% RH, mo rain, and predicted to reach 49F.

The dying Birch tree with the bees is now gone and the section of the trunk with the bees is now set up as a hive in the Hoyt Arboretum. The cool thang is that the bee rescuer just came from rescuing a swarm and we set the swarm box up in our back yard, so we still have a bee colony.

Both colonies are docile, and they were all over us when we were removing their tree, but none of us got stung. We used a crane to gently lower their section to minimize damage and trauma to them and they just landed on us in droves and walked around. We didn't swat at them, and they didn't sting us. When we got their trunk section loaded in the truck, they returned to their nest, which we wrapped in burlap for transport.

Kool to watch the new colony check out their new digs and start marking their territory. I didn't realize they spray marked their surroundings like a dog.

Our old Birch tree colony will have to learn their new territory, but they will be in an area with lots of blossoms and no pesticides, so they done good. The bee rescuer estimates their colony strength at about 20,000 bees and the 6' hollow section of the birch was chock full of honeycomb, though most of it was empty of honey.
 
Tattered Old Graywolf said:
But you have to be quick before it is removed..............

42F @ 88% RH, mo rain, and predicted to reach 49F.

The dying Birch tree with the bees is now gone and the section of the trunk with the bees is now set up as a hive in the Hoyt Arboretum. The cool thang is that the bee rescuer just came from rescuing a swarm and we set the swarm box up in our back yard, so we still have a bee colony.

Both colonies are docile, and they were all over us when we were removing their tree, but none of us got stung. We used a crane to gently lower their section to minimize damage and trauma to them and they just landed on us in droves and walked around. We didn't swat at them, and they didn't sting us. When we got their trunk section loaded in the truck, they returned to their nest, which we wrapped in burlap for transport.

Kool to watch the new colony check out their new digs and start marking their territory. I didn't realize they spray marked their surroundings like a dog.

Our old Birch tree colony will have to learn their new territory, but they will be in an area with lots of blossoms and no pesticides, so they done good. The bee rescuer estimates their colony strength at about 20,000 bees and the 6' hollow section of the birch was chock full of honeycomb, though most of it was empty of honey.
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Great story. Glad everything worked out 💕
 
Happy Mother Day to all Mom's and their Moms.

Just had a scare. My PC wouldn't fire up. I'll leave it on all the time now and if it goes, I'll have to figure something out.

Getting ready to water all the ladies. In and out. Quite morning. Humid is up 77 H / 62 T.
 
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