swarm-list Mailing List: Re: El Cerrito Swarm Under Bart Tracks

[Eva Kersey (eva.kersey]

Hi everyone, 

I had to give up on this catch. After scraping a baseball-sized clump of bees and comb off the surface, I could see that there's a hole in the concrete, likely with an established hive inside (see photo). There was nectar in the comb, and several drones (but no queen) in the bees I got in my bucket. So I think they've been here a while. More bees immediately came out of the hole. 

Does anyone in this group have connections at BART and/or the city of El Cerrito to see if they want to address the issue? An extraction would be beyond me, but maybe someone else would take it on. A person using the walking path told me a hive moves in every few years, so it's an ongoing problem. 

Eva

On Wed, May 27, 2026, 9:35 AM Gabriel Harber via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:

Not super high… maybe 15’ up.  Certainly reachable with pole and bucket.  Maybe soccer ball size.  Under bart tracks in El Cerrito.

-Gabriel

510-967-6244

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