swarm-list Mailing List: Re: Could someone check out a bee tree on Virginia Avenue north of Campus in Berkeley, if you have some free time

[David Parr (dparr]

I wonder if it might be possible to cover the cleft in the tree with a strip of screening up to the point where the bees would be forced to come and go above head-height.

 

David Parr

 

From: swarm-list <swarm-list-bounces+dparr=well.com [at] alamedabees.org> On Behalf Of Jim Veitch via swarm-list
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2025 1:43 PM
To: David Parr <dparr [at] well.com>
Cc: Jim Veitch <jveitchv [at] gmail.com>; Leslie Louie <3bowens1louie [at] gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [ACBA Swarmlist] Could someone check out a bee tree on Virginia Avenue north of Campus in Berkeley, if you have some free time

 

I took a look and it's definitely bees in a street tree. The entrance is about a meter off the ground directly towards the sidewalk so their flight path is directly into where people would walk by. Someone has put an orange traffic cone so I am guessing that they have been there a while. Not sure what we should do about this.  I took a couple of photos.

 

https://photos.app.goo.gl/DMeSUdcdK8Vg79rZ8

 

On Sun, Aug 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM Leslie Louie via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:

I can take a look tomorrow. 

Leslie

(she/her)

 

 

On Sun, Aug 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM realrambo--- via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:

We have tree a couple bock away with a fairly large colony , been there for at least 20 years ,most likely more .  the neighbors instead of being negative put a bright yellow sign  Bees , no one has come to complaint to have them removed , the entrance face the sidewalk about a foot off the ground , we I walk my dogs they seat and watch them {one of them is a  bee catcher rather fun to see him in action} 

love to post a video but for some reason I cannot . Education is what we need , 

On Sunday, August 17, 2025 at 09:26:12 PM PDT, Jerry Przybylski via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:

 

 

 

The tree has a vertical slot in it, and a colony of bees coming and going.

 

If the entrance faces the sidewalk it could be a problem.

 

2275 Virginia Street    Berkeley    Ca

 

The caller was  Eliotte Garling    (541) 788-8789, who I believe was a

passer by.

 

It looks devilishly difficult to do a trap-out there.

 

I'm not looking for someone to do a trap-out, but to take a look at the

situation to see

how much the bees are, or are not, in conflict with the neighbors,

pedestrians, etc.

 

If you live in the neighborhood, could you please have a look?

 

jerry

 

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