swarm-list Mailing List: Re: Swarm in Fremont at eaves of two storey house on Laurel Canyon Way

[Gerald Przybylski (gtp000000]

Sung Lee mentioned his solution to a problem like this one.
He has several plastic shipping tubes from 8 foot long fluorescent lamps.
He attaches several tubes joined end-to-end to his bee-vac hose
to reach up to bees that are way up there.

The thing is, these bees are on top of an Eave-Vent.
Are they a swarm moving in,
or are they part of a colony oozing out from the main colony in the 
attic space?

The screen on those holes is usually 1/4" hardware cloth, which queens 
and drones
can easily get past.
(Why there aren't more cases of swarms moving into attic vents is a good 
question)

j

On 4/26/24 2:20 PM, Tim Inman via swarm-list wrote:
> This may be a job for someone with a vacuum and saftey equipment. I smelled bananas, 
> got one sting and decided I’d better re come down.
>
> Tim
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Apr 26, 2024, at 2:15 PM, Tim Inman <tim.inman [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Elinor,
> >
> > I tried. I climbed up to them, but I couldn’t safely align the bucket and card I was going to 
> > use to get them down. Too big of a risk. It’s a narrow place to put the ladder. Too shakeu 
> > for me. I apologized to them and let them know that I would tell the list it’s still open.
> >
> > As far as I could see they weren’t going in to t he wall.
> >
> > Tim
> >
> > <image0.jpeg>
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Apr 26, 2024, at 12:27 PM, Elinor N. LEVINE <elevine [at] berkeley.edu> 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > Info shortly
> > >
> > > Elinor
> > >
> > > > > On Apr 26, 2024, at 11:52 AM, Tim Inman <tim.inman [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > I can go,
> > > >
> > > > Tim
> > > > 510-320-0444
> > > > Tim.inman [at] gmail.com
> > > > Sent from my iPhone
> > > >
> > > > > > On Apr 26, 2024, at 10:34 AM, Elinor N. LEVINE via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] 
> > > > > > alamedabees.org> wrote:
> > > > > Caller sent another photo which definitely show it is honey bees.
> > > > >
> > > > > You would need to bring a ladder. Anyone available? Please include your phone 
> > > > > number and email address.
> > > > >
> > > > > <IMG_1107.heic>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Elinor
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