swarm-list Mailing List: Re: Swarm emergency- San Ramon trash can, and pick-up day is tomorrow. Bee vac job tonight?

[Gerald Przybylski (gtp000000]

    The caller says there's one trash bag in the bin, so I suspect
    they're hanging from the lid. 
    
    A Red Light won't attract the bees. They don't see red, like we
    can't see infra-red. 
    
    I'd do it myself if it weren't so far away.   It's East San Ramon in
    a small development. 
    
    A bee-vac gets the troublesome guard bees too. 
    
    Indeed, tie around the cuffs, and cover the face.  It's not at all
    like dealing with a swarm in the day time.

On 3/31/26 8:21 PM, Robin Chatham wrote:

Bees crawl alot at night especially toward a light which will be required.  Definitely suit up tight, they crawl up pantlegs. 

If they are in the can then they are mingled with the trash.What kinda trash? How much trash really? Is it a full swarm or stragglers? In the rain?

I'll go tomorrow ETA 9am if they wanna hold back the can.

Robin 925-858-9760 

On Tue, Mar 31, 2026, 8:13 PM Jerry Przybylski via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:

Sorry. No pix

The trash truck empties out at 5:30am

If not tonight, the caller can hold back the can because there isn’t much trash in it

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