swarm-list Mailing List: Re: Extraction - Livermore

[Gerald Przybylski (gtp000000]

    The swarm line was set up to connect callers with SWARMS ON TREES
    (for example) 
    to be connected with a beekeeper to relocate them FOR FREE. 
    Availability is posted (city/neighborhood + description, but no
    contact info)
    Further, the setup we have mostly prevents multiple beekeepers from
    fighting over a swarm in the caller's yard,
    and to spreads the swarms around to members in a less biased way to
    swarm list members.
    (In an ideal world, anyone who is beeless has a good chance to get a
    swarm, AND 
    swarms need to get attended to within an hour)
    
    EXTRACTION calls are generally for money, especially in homes. 
    The experts INDIVIDUALLY contact the potential customer to "Bid" for
    the job. 
    i.e. the caller may get one or more bids for an extraction job. 
    
    Extractions from water-meter boxes, irrigation boxes, sheds,
    compost-boxes etc. are in a gray space
    because they don't require the knowledge of structure, utilities,
    contractor practices etc
    like extractions from habitable structures do.  
    How the hotline volunteer posts those is up to the individual. 
    Different volunteers might classify the call differently.  
    One volunteer might post it like a swarm where someone claims it,  
    and another volunteer might post it as an extraction where all the
    contact info is posted. 
    
    j

On 7/24/24 6:46 PM, Denrie via swarm-list wrote:

I’m just viewing my mails, should someone had given the matter prior consideration; then I wouldn’t make the call. 

Bee it swarm or extraction!

On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 6:34 PM Elinor Levine <elevine [at] berkeley.edu> wrote:

Hi Denrie and everyone,

The way extractions work is that all the information, including the location and phone number, are posted so anyone can contact the caller. Feel free to reach out to Rick Grant directly yourself. We don't know if someone has already handled this. Note that it would be nice if this was free as a public service, or very very inexpensive, which is how we usually treat water meter extractions.

Thank you,

Elinor

On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 6:26 PM Denrie via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:

Evening,

Was this taken care of?

On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 4:36 PM Nha Toi via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:

Bees are inside an irrigation box at Sunset Park in Livermore.  Rick Grant, Park Maint. Tech, said kids will be playing soccer in this area soon.  Hope to have the bees removed for free or please give him a discounted bid (considered partly public service).

Livermore Park n Rec (LARPD)

Rick Grant  707-322-6065

1055 Geneva St.

from Geneva, follow the main path behind the water towers heading towards Florence Rd., an A-frame is set up at the irrigation box with a warning sign for Bees.

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