sensationalizing headlines

[rober]

who'd of thunk it? the removal I did 2 weeks ago was in a rental property belonging to a st Louis policeman so when a swarm showed up on a wall in downtown st Louis the cop called me. the local newspaper & all 3 tv stations showed up. I put these girls in a nuc this morning.
http://fox2now.com/2015/06/05/police-block-downtown-intersection-for-bee-problem/
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/st-louis-officers-call-in-expert-help-for-downtown-sting/article_bf764074-a298-5e27-a023-2e13788ff68f.html

[Perry]

I think that first picture with your shadow on the wall looking at the nuc is incredible! Poster material that one.
 

[efmesch]

Great Public Relations---for you and for the bees.
The  police department should give you an honorary membership in their emergency squad.   

[LazyBkpr]

Well done!  Good story.. I liked the part about the bees blatantly disregarding the police perimeter..   Ever find out who left the other box there?

[rober]

it looked like another beekeeper may have been trying to bait them into a cardboard nuc. I'm not sure why he would take that approach as they were on a flat masonry wall. I put the box on a slight angle tight to the wall & brushed them into it. it took 10 seconds. It was not my intention to interfere with another beekeeper. we all know  about the mentality & phobias of the general public in regards to bees & because of the location the police considered them a hazard & wanted them gone NOW. had I not removed the bees & the box when I did they would have been sprayed. I've posted on local beekeeping sites looking for the beekeeper so I can return his box.