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Beekeeping => Swarms, Cut Outs, Trap Outs and Bee Trees => Topic started by: BoilerJim on January 01, 2014, 05:20:35 pm

Title: The City of Lafayette called and said they had a bee tree they were cutting down
Post by: BoilerJim on January 01, 2014, 05:20:35 pm
The city had a hollow silver maple that had to come down for safety. It also had a colony of honey bees inside. So, they called me to get them.

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Title: Re: The City of Lafayette called and said they had a bee tree they were cutting down
Post by: iddee on January 01, 2014, 05:27:47 pm
Nice job. Hope you got it back upright without too much jostle, and the entrance is pointing in the same compass direction as when in the tree.
Title: Re: The City of Lafayette called and said they had a bee tree they were cutting down
Post by: Perry on January 01, 2014, 05:40:56 pm
Great pictures Jim. Did the city have suits for those guys? I guess if they run into that often enough they might. Really cool they called you up on that. Very nice.
Title: Re: The City of Lafayette called and said they had a bee tree they were cutting down
Post by: BoilerJim on January 01, 2014, 05:51:30 pm
Perry,

I had my own suit and I brought a hood for the tree trimmer for his protection.
Title: Re: The City of Lafayette called and said they had a bee tree they were cutting down
Post by: BoilerJim on January 01, 2014, 06:15:12 pm
This is the resting place of the partial tree trunk in my apiary in my back yard. I put a metal roof on top (metal sheet from a newspaper company for 50 cents) This spring the bees will go into a 10 frame hive.

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Title: Re: The City of Lafayette called and said they had a bee tree they were cutting down
Post by: blueblood on January 01, 2014, 07:18:12 pm
Nice Jim!  It's going to be nice having that connection with the city.  Of course I work for the city so it is easy to get their phone calls about bees.  It's also a good way to get some firewood.
Title: Re: The City of Lafayette called and said they had a bee tree they were cutting down
Post by: Finally Home on January 01, 2014, 08:06:19 pm
Quote from: BoilerJim on January 01, 2014, 06:15:12 pm
This is the resting place of the partial tree trunk in my apiary in my back yard. I put a metal roof on top (metal sheet from a newspaper company for 50 cents) This spring the bees will go into a 10 frame hive.

(https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs21.postimg.cc%2F5jy3zhl6b%2FIMG_6206.jpg&hash=06bc0c18c49c5e8cee4789cd8edeaf9e9e53e9a6) (http://postimg.cc/image/5jy3zhl6b/)

Without the metal on there, can you see the hive or is there plenty of solid wood yet for insulation?
Title: Re: The City of Lafayette called and said they had a bee tree they were cutting down
Post by: BoilerJim on January 01, 2014, 11:51:50 pm
Finally Home,

Yea, I have a piece of scrap wood under the metal.

Jim
Title: Re: The City of Lafayette called and said they had a bee tree they were cutting down
Post by: G3farms on January 02, 2014, 04:35:59 am
Have you already cut them out of the log?
If not you might try to take a piece of plywood the size of a hive body and cut a hole in the bottom of it the size of the hole in the stump. Now you can sit a hive body on top of the log in hopes that the queen will move up into it.
Title: Re: The City of Lafayette called and said they had a bee tree they were cutting down
Post by: BoilerJim on January 03, 2014, 12:56:08 am
G3, great minds think alike. That is exactly my plan for the spring.  ;D

Dave, I have been with the city for 30 years this past December, so like you I kind of have an "inside" with everyone involved and get the first phone calls.  ;)
Title: Re: The City of Lafayette called and said they had a bee tree they were cutting down
Post by: Perry on January 03, 2014, 08:23:49 am
Quote from: BoilerJim on January 03, 2014, 12:56:08 am
Dave, I have been with the city for 30 years this past December, so like you I kind of have an "inside" with everyone involved and get the first phone calls.  ;)


You don't see that too much anymore. Employee/employer loyalty (both ways) is rare these days.
Title: Re: The City of Lafayette called and said they had a bee tree they were cutting down
Post by: LazyBkpr on January 03, 2014, 08:45:55 am
agreed Perry..    Pretty sad state of affairs