swarm-list Mailing List: Re: Swarm in a cabinet in San Leandro

[tigerbright71 (tigerbright71]

Yes, I have the card stock and I’ll likely go with the food container option. 
25 min from my place, I can go now.

> On Sep 5, 2024, at 5:45 PM, Gerald Przybylski via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] 
> alamedabees.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> Personally, I would take a dustpan and a long piece of card-stock.
> Hold the dustpan tight in the corner, and use the card to "cut" the bees away 
> from the top of the cabinet.
> Short drop onto the dustpan. gently dump the bees into or on top of drawn 
> frames in your catch box.
> 
> Otherwise, use a rectangular food storage container to collect scoops of bees 
> and pour them into the catch box.
> 
> This doesn't have to be hard.
> 
> This call is pretty close to the junction of Lewelling and Wicks, way 
> south-west.  Close enough?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On 9/5/24 5:28 PM, tigerbright71--- via swarm-list wrote:
>> I could go now-ish (I am in Oakland).
>> Any idea of how distant the two shelves are from each other, approximately?
>> Would a nuc fit in between?
>> 
>>>> On Sep 5, 2024, at 5:16 PM, Gerald Przybylski via swarm-list <swarm-list 
>>>> [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> This cabinet is on the Patio in back of the house
>>> 
>>> sorry I didn't include that fact
>>> 
>>>> On 9/5/24 4:47 PM, tigerbright71--- via swarm-list wrote:
>>>> Is the cabinet outside their home?
>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sep 5, 2024, at 4:13 PM, Gerald Przybylski via swarm-list <swarm-list 
>>>>>> [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> This should be pretty easy
>>>>> <IMG_5994.jpeg>
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Anyone up for this?
>>>>> 
>>>>> (I wouldn’t change for this. Easier than a tree)
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