swarm-list Mailing List: Re: Extraction San Leandro from a car

[Bees & Beeks (bayareabeeks]

Interesting - Claire, when did you give them a quote and inspect the hive?  Brood and dead bees sounds like they’ve been there longer than 5-6 days.   

My sense is that Joe has tried everything to remove hive (including poison) but is finally willing to pay because the hive and Queen is lodged deep inside somewhere where spray cannot get to.  Bees becoming aggressive sound like they maybe Queenless or their attempts to eliminate hive only made bees mad.  He also mentioned that they moved from rear passenger seat door closer to front passenger door.  Which I thought meant bees were expanding but if vector control has been out there, then they are just moving away from bee begone substance or poison.  They were trying to argue that service should be a free catch (even if they were unaware swarms were time sensitive once it’s moved in it’s an extraction); I didn’t buy their swarm story.   

I’d be much more willing to help individuals who simply stated their financial restraints rather than try to argue it’s a swarm.  Beekeepers know the difference between recent swarm and established hives!  

Bee-ware, 

Mimi 

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On Apr 1, 2026, at 12:20 PM, Claire Lussier <lussier.claire [at] gmail.com> wrote:



These folks were intentionally misleading. This is a well established colony with brood and a bunch of dead bees under the car. I was hired to do the work but someone at vector control has a buddy who will give it a shot for free. I was assured he would not intentionally kill the bees. 

	Claire Lussier M. (510) 590-1789

On Tue, Mar 31, 2026 at 3:02 PM Bees & Beeks via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:

Joe 510-507-2532
1511 163rd #67
San Leandro, CA 94578

Bees swarmed car on Friday.  They kept waiting for bees to leave on their own.  Instead bees follow them for miles.  This tells me there’s now an established hive in or on the car.  If lucky it’s just under car, or it maybe inside door panel and require knowledge of removing door panel.  Or worst inbetween undercarriage and car seat! It’s a new car.  Car extraction can get messy. 


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