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by neighbor
Sat Jul 18, 2009 12:56 pm
Forum: Extractions, cut outs, removals and swarms
Topic: honey bees in schoolyard tree, Greensboro - help?
Replies: 9
Views: 16944

I think we have a beekeeper lined up to do the removal if we can just get the county to provide a cherry-picker (and stop them from exterminating them). Or, since the county will have to bring someone to cut off the remains of the limb, we're hoping they'll let the beekeeper be involved and take the...
by neighbor
Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:19 pm
Forum: Extractions, cut outs, removals and swarms
Topic: honey bees in schoolyard tree, Greensboro - help?
Replies: 9
Views: 16944

Thank you, Wally! It was great talking to you. Here are some pictures. Hmm, I think it may be higher than I said. I'm not very good at judging measurements, so I don't know how high that is! http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2573/3731083550_e2da763625.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3521/3730291321_...
by neighbor
Fri Jul 17, 2009 6:08 pm
Forum: Extractions, cut outs, removals and swarms
Topic: honey bees in schoolyard tree, Greensboro - help?
Replies: 9
Views: 16944

I don't know, sorry. I haven't personally seen them. Maybe I'll go and see if I can take pictures now. (Are bees in a newly-exposed nest dangerous? I'm not generally shy of bees, but I've never been close to a nest. I think most of us have been staying away to keep safe.) Is it something that needs ...
by neighbor
Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:43 pm
Forum: Extractions, cut outs, removals and swarms
Topic: honey bees in schoolyard tree, Greensboro - help?
Replies: 9
Views: 16944

honey bees in schoolyard tree, Greensboro - help?

Our neighborhood (Aycock historic neighborhood) has a nest of honeybees in a very old willow tree on the local school property. A large rotten branch recently fell from the tree, exposing the nest. The county just wants to exterminate the bees. We don't know what to do to save the bees, or how to ge...