Category Archives: bee rescue

Jaded swarm of bees

Posted on March 8, 2021 by bchains

Well these bees were certainly not jaded – they had plenty of enthusiasm to leave their colony and cluster up on this beautiful jade plant in Redwood City. Of course they needed to go so we helped with that. There … Continue reading →

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Car swarm!

Posted on March 8, 2021 by bchains

Well, there is a first time for everything. I have been waiting to see something like this after hearing stories and it finally happened. This swarm of bees had clustered on a car and prevented the owner from going to … Continue reading →

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Honeybee swarm rescue

Posted on March 8, 2021 by bchains

In this picture you can see a lovely swarm of bees that had clustered around the branch of a tree about 8 feet off the ground in San Carlos. It almost looked like the tree was wearing a fuzzy yellow … Continue reading →

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Bee tree trap out

Posted on March 8, 2021 by bchains

The oak tree in this picture is a Heritage Oak in Menlo Park that has been around for more than 100 years. As is common with these old oaks, cavities develop and swarms of bees move in. These guys were … Continue reading →

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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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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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Redwood City swarm rescue

Posted on March 20, 2020 by bchains

Every year for the last few years I’ve been called out to this house to collect a swarm that is issued from a heritage oak tree in the backyard. This time it was bigger than usual and I was lucky … 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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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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