Category Archives: wall

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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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 colony removal from deck

Posted on May 30, 2018 by bchains

These bees had just swarmed into the floor joist of a deck in San Bruno, CA. An opening was made just large enough to slip in the bee vac nozzle and the bees were safely removed.

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Palo Alto wall colony trapout

Posted on May 26, 2018 by bchains

Here we have a small newly established colony (approx. 12×16″) in a divider wall in Palo Alto. It was decided that the best approach to remove the bees is a trapout which has been started here.

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Smallest colony cutout ever

Posted on May 16, 2018 by bchains

Look how tiny and helpless this little colony of bees in a wall is. Less than 1 hour from start to finish to locate the bees, remove them safely, seal off their entrance, and put the wall back together again.

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Hilsborough external colony removal

Posted on May 4, 2018 by bchains

This is a very interesting colony of bees. Another beekeeper was called a few days ago to remove a swarm outside of a dormer window. Within 30 min about half of the bees took off and left behind at this … Continue reading →

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South San Francisco live bee colony removal

Posted on May 2, 2018 by bchains

This was a 4 year old colony inside a garage wall that extended from the floor up to the firebreak about waist high between the studs. This hive had swarmed twice in the last few weeks so the number of … Continue reading →

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Woodside fallen oak tree bee rescue

Posted on April 19, 2018 by bchains

This homeowner in Woodside had a heritage oak that blew over in a windstorm, exposing a six-year-old colony of bees. I was called to go rescue the bees before the arborist come and turn the tree into mulch. All the … Continue reading →

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Honeybee Colony Removal from a Wall

Posted on April 5, 2018 by bchains

This small colony had just swarmed and moved into this wall in Palo Alto. Their heat signature showed their location behind some tongue and groove wood work which would’ve been problematic to open. So the decision was made to remove … Continue reading →

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