Category Archives: bee removal

Redwood City recycle bin honeybee rescue

Posted on March 8, 2021 by bchains

It is interesting what bees will decide to move into. This is a tumbling recycle bin that a swarm decided was just the right amount of space in Redwood City. The bees took up residence and were discovered by the … Continue reading →

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Irrigation box bee rescue in Palo Alto

Posted on March 8, 2021 by bchains

A few times a year we get a call about bees in an irrigation or electrical box and is a great example of how they look. We were able to successfully rescue the colony and cage the queen which is … Continue reading →

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First colony rescue of the season

Posted on March 8, 2021 by bchains

Here we have a very gentle feral colony in a tree in Burlingame that successfully overwintered. This was a straight forward trapout and we were excited to have a great looking queen and strong colony to propagate.

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Redwood City Bee Colony Relocation

Posted on May 29, 2020 by bchains

This was a pretty sizable colony in a floor joist about 15 feet off the ground. It was a straight forward exposure and took 3 hours to safely collect all the bees, cut out all the wax comb, and then … Continue reading →

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Wall honey bee colony removal

Posted on May 8, 2020 by bchains

This colony is about one month old and was in the wall of a backyard shed in nearby San Mateo. The thermal camera showed exactly where the bees were and that made it easy to open up the structure, vacuum … Continue reading →

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How about some lovely swarm pics?

Posted on April 11, 2020 by bchains

It’s been a very busy spring with lots of April honey bee swarms needing rescue! The bees seem to have all decided to go on the same few days when there are breaks in the rain in Redwood City and … Continue reading →

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Big bee colony in the wall

Posted on March 17, 2020 by bchains

From the outside this was a very active colony of bees living inside a wall of an older house. The thermal camera picked them right up and enabled a very precise opening of the sheet rock to expose the colony … Continue reading →

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Bee tree trap out

Posted on February 22, 2020 by bchains

Here is an in-progress bee colony removal from a heritage oak tree in Atherton. The trap out is working very well as shown by the number of beer in the box. It needs to go a few more weeks however, … Continue reading →

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Bees under a shed

Posted on February 22, 2020 by bchains

This was a very peaceful colony living under the floor of a shed in Redwood City. The gap was only about 3 inches from the ground to the top of the shed floor so the comb was very short. But … Continue reading →

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Two bee tree trapouts

Posted on January 15, 2020 by bchains

These were two trees that have bee colonies living inside of them that were able to be removed alive using the trap out technique. Here are a one-way mesh cone is placed over the entrance that the bees flying out … Continue reading →

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