The City of Lafayette called and said they had a bee tree they were cutting down

[BoilerJim]

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.

Me going up in the Cherry Picker

[iddee]

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.

[Perry]

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.

[BoilerJim]

Perry,

I had my own suit and I brought a hood for the tree trimmer for his protection.

[BoilerJim]

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.

[blueblood]

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.

[Finally Home]

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.

Without the metal on there, can you see the hive or is there plenty of solid wood yet for insulation?

[BoilerJim]

Finally Home,

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

Jim

[G3farms]

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.

[BoilerJim]

G3, great minds think alike. That is exactly my plan for the spring. 

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. 

[Perry]

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.

[LazyBkpr]

agreed Perry..    Pretty sad state of affairs