Worldwide Beekeeping
Beekeeping => Swarms, Cut Outs, Trap Outs and Bee Trees => Topic started by: reidi_tim on May 12, 2014, 11:52:08 pm
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Got a call today for bees on a new home construction site. Was helped out by the contractor on providing the ladder. On the good side I got tipped $20.00 per sting on the down side got $40.00. One to the chin and one to the temple. Gotta get a chin guard sewn on my veil, forgot that about from last year.
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Oooo that one will slide right into a box, ya got lucky :) I got it on the chin today as well ~ oh well :)
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Good thing they had the vapour barrier up or that might not have been as easy.
Good job Tim.
Now, on another note, you clearly had a camera to take that picture of the swarm, but none of the stings? How can we be sure they even happened?
(you too Jen)!!! :D
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It's worth a slice of pie from Perry for the photo. ;D
Good catch! What style of veil do you have? I where a straw fedora to keep the veil completely away from my face. I have the Ultra Breeze veil.
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The problem with my veil is when I look up it rest against my chin, and for some un known reason the bees find that place at the right time. I where a hat and it keeps the veil from hitting the rest of my face. The one to the temple was 50 feet away from the bees with my veil off.
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Tim, some times 50 feet is not far enough away....oh you found that out... :laugh: Sorry just had to....Tom
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Did the 1st look thru the hive today. Found the queen and gave her a paint job she was golden like an Italian but smaller then I would think. I put them in eight frames of drawn comb and found her on the 2nd frame in. We have had cooler weather the last couple of days and its probably a solid 3 frames of bees. She has laid really good patterns on the outer frames. I have never seen them go from the outside in? Thoughts on this???
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R Tim..... They are females they don't always play by our rules. Jim
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:agree: Congrats.
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I never thought of charging by the sting. I don't mind getting stung so I could build up quite a hefty bill. Nice catch Was it on the inside of the structure? before the windows or doors were installed?