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

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I collected a swarm like this last year. I use a rectangular bucket to be able to fit in between the wood pieces. It worked out.

Cristian 

On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 2:39 PM Richard Godfrey via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:

It’s best as a 2 man or woman job. I would help but am tied up now. Maybe Phil?

On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 2:36 PM Gerald Przybylski via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:

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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