swarm-list Mailing List: Re: Need eyes on a bee situation Ashland San Leandro, Maybe a swarm, maybe a damaged colony?

[Paula Breen (paulaellen70]

James, thank you so much. I ended up going and checking it out myself and forgot to circle back here to indicate that it was resolved. It was in fact wasps in the ground. I appreciate you being available. Have a great day.

On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 12:47 PM James Wildeman via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:

Hi Paula, I can check it out.

> On Aug 13, 2026, at 09:16, Paula Breen via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:
>
> 
> Opal called to report that when she was on her normal morning walk with her dog she saw a lot of bees flying around the ground at a house that is being sold. She said there's been a lot of work happening in the yard including some tree removal and she isn't sure if a colony got damaged during the work. She sounds pretty confident that she's seeing bees and she knows the difference between bees and a wasps nest in the ground. She had her dogs with her so didn't want to get close but said she might be able to go back and get photos. The house is vacant and the workers are not there. Is anyone available to go check it out? Could be a swarm!
>
> Best,
>
> Paula
>
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