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Mark's church tree
« on: August 16, 2016, 01:01:51 pm »
 





















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Re: Mark's church tree
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2016, 05:37:46 pm »
Wow, those are some special bees. :o :D
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Re: Mark's church tree
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2016, 05:55:28 pm »
That there is a chunk of wood!   Someone must have wanted them gone pretty badly.
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Re: Mark's church tree
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2016, 06:00:25 pm »
Im glad you let the young one handle that one. :yes: :yes:

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Re: Mark's church tree
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2016, 06:27:19 pm »
Wow is right!  Are you going to make a hive out of that limb?

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Re: Mark's church tree
« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2016, 06:47:19 pm »
“Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”
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Re: Mark's church tree
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2016, 01:35:04 am »
That is a pretty good idea. I'll have to remember that next time I get a call for bees in a tree
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Re: Mark's church tree
« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2016, 08:03:15 pm »
Wow, some amazing pics Iddee. I notice no one was near you when you were taking that stump apart. :D
Any chance you found the queen?
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Re: Mark's church tree
« Reply #10 on: August 19, 2016, 08:06:50 pm »
No queen. A few open queen cups with larva. We will see if they continue to develop them.
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Re: Mark's church tree
« Reply #11 on: August 19, 2016, 08:10:49 pm »
Thats the Idee I know! Protective gear = CHAIN SAW!!!     :laugh:

   Looks like a job well done!
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Re: Mark's church tree
« Reply #12 on: August 19, 2016, 08:27:06 pm »
Protective gear?? I was just trying to give the ladies a pedicure.   ;D   :D
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Re: Mark's church tree
« Reply #13 on: August 19, 2016, 08:33:17 pm »
LOL
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Re: Mark's church tree
« Reply #14 on: August 19, 2016, 08:45:11 pm »
Nice bee tree for sure!! What a monster.

Iddee did a cold front move in or something, I noticed you had a shirt on  :D
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Re: Mark's church tree
« Reply #15 on: August 19, 2016, 09:06:17 pm »
I don't take my shirt off until they start getting under it and stinging. Then it comes off so I can feel them land on me and I don't mash them. They were docile today, other than the one that got Mark on the eye.  ;D
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Re: Mark's church tree
« Reply #16 on: August 20, 2016, 10:22:04 am »
Wow, that wasn't cheap. iddee who's the tree climber ?

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Re: Mark's church tree
« Reply #17 on: August 20, 2016, 01:25:31 pm »
Holiday tree service.Greensboro, NC. I just met them Tuesday at the site. Bunch of good guys, tho.
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Re: Mark's church tree
« Reply #18 on: August 26, 2016, 06:23:13 am »
The girls took to a box very well.  Still no eggs or new larva in the small amount of brood we found.  I had a nuc that had 8 capped queen cells so I moved two over to their box.  Let's see how they do.  They about fill a 10 frame box!

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Re: Mark's church tree
« Reply #19 on: August 26, 2016, 04:46:18 pm »
Thanks for the update.
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