We Save Bees!
Beekeeping constantly reminds us of one thing — **bees know best.** This week at Beverly Bees, we witnessed something truly amazing: absconded bees from a colony we had just removed. The bees absconded… and then chose to move into one of our empty hive boxes *completely on their own.* 🐝🏡 […]
Open Air Bee Hive Removal in MA It’s honey bee removal season here in Massachusetts! If you have bees and are within an hour of Beverly, MA please call us at 978-778-8276. It’s been a pretty intense swarm season this year in MA. Believe it or not bees are still […]
There’s A Bee Swarm In My Bushes A few days after retrieving the bee swarm off the “power lines”, Brian and I received another swarm call. “There’s honeybees everywhere in the air about 30 feet off the ground.” The caller proceeded to tell me they were in the process of […]
The Queenless Swarm That Was Left Behind One day after capturing a swarm of bees on the “power lines”, I got another call from Beth. “There is still a softball size swarm near the power lines. Are you sure you got the queen?” I was positive I had the queen, […]
And I laughed so hard it hurt. If you don’t know my husband Brian, one thing you must know is he is not a wimp. No challenge is too great for him – a gashing wound is just a little scratch; moving a 500 lb object by himself – no […]
And yes, I found that out the hard way. On June 10th, 2011, my bees swarmed. On June 11th, 2011, I was able to capture them using duct tape, a rock and a string, but the job was incomplete. Now I needed to rehive them. I took my container of […]