swarm-list Mailing List: Re: Extraction - Discovery Bay

[Nils Joseph Kauffman (njk94708]

Sung,

I think ACBA members should have the opportunity to responds to the extraction calls before sending them to another club. 

Nils

On Monday, April 28, 2025, Gerald Przybylski via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:

Interesting.
so, when I get an extraction call, and they ask me to post it, even if it's from an adjacent county,
I give the caller my number, and tell him/her to call back if they don't get a nibble within 2 or 3 days.
Only occasionally do I get a call.
Sometimes I would ping people I know with a reminder, sometimes I just repost it.
If they're outside of Alameda county, I suggest they widen their search to the local club's website.

With adjacent counties having phone number lists, with the frustration of telephone tag, there's nobody in the club to direct traffic.

The Marin club was talking about doing a workshop to teach interested members about the
ins-and-outs of extractions because the few people in the county who do them seem to be overworked.

One fallback is that Khalid, who doesn't seem to be a member of any club, is a name we can name.

The club can't really play favorites.  We can't keep a list of 'approved/recommended' members who do the extraction jobs.
Once posted we have no idea whether some member is forwarding the leads to someone else they know.

When concern for the bees was expressed, I would say, 'you've come to the right place' because you'll get calls from
beekeepers who do these jobs and keep the bees (or pass them on). With Craigslist you never know.


j

On 4/28/25 11:18 AM, Sung Lee via swarm-list wrote:

I passed it on to Dermot who is in charge of Swarmlist for MDBA.

On Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 11:15 AM Nha Toi via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:

Homeowner was in tears, she called SF beeks, they told her to call Mt. Diablo...this was a week ago  She called them, got no response.  Finally, a friend told her to call us.

She now has bees at the eaves of the roof, and coming into the house.  I told her there might be a cost since it sounds like the bees have moved in.  Please give her a call

Jane  208-440-1609

2456 Wayfarer Ct, Dis. Bay

Thanks - Gina

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