swarm-list Mailing List: Re: Fwd: Urgent - Removal of bees

[Claire Lussier (lussier.claire]

Yep, that’s most likely the case although it’s not likely a clay flu. It’s gas conversion so it will be a metal flu. They probably won’t want to take the chimney apart, I’ve done that a few times and you can imagine the cost is extensive. Chimneys are a challenges you also typically can’t do a trap out due to multiple openings. 

I’m going on the roof in an hour and will see what can be done. 

	Claire Lussier M. (510) 590-1789

On Fri, Apr 17, 2026 at 10:07 PM Gerald Przybylski via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:

Oh! 

I don't know what the cross-section of the chimney is, but my experience with flue-liners (the clay pipe kind) 
is that the area is about half a square foot.  like 12" x 6" on the inside. 
That brick structure looks wide enough to allow for a gap between the bricks on the side and the flue liner in the middle.
Getting the bees out of that gap would require some deconstructing of brickwork.  
i.e. not the usual case of bees between the wall of the house and the chimney.  
      Not in the stud-bay in the wall of the room adjacent to the chimney. 

I hope I'm wrong.

On 4/17/26 3:44 PM, Bay Area Beeks via swarm-list wrote:

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From: Armine Abramyan <aarmina91 [at] gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 17, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Subject: Swarm in Walnut Creek, on roof near Chimney
To: bayareabeeks [at] gmail.com <bayareabeeks [at] gmail.com>

Arrived ~2 hrs ago.  Single Story, might be trying to move into chimney....seems decent size.

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