my 1st take home bees of the season

[reidi_tim]

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.

[Jen]

Oooo that one will slide right into a box, ya got lucky    I got it on the chin today as well ~ oh well 

[Perry]

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)!!! 

[blueblood]

It's worth a slice of pie from Perry for the photo. 

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.

[reidi_tim]

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.

[tmrschessie]

Tim, some times 50 feet is not far enough away....oh you found that out... Sorry just had to....Tom

[reidi_tim]

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???

[Bsweet]

R Tim..... They are females they don't always play by our rules. Jim

[Bamabww]

  Congrats.

[apisbees]

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?