It's a Bee Thing

More like a bee removal things;) I know Bill is happy, but I'm a little sad to see our intruders go. They were definitely not aggressive and were kind enough to let me mow around them. The good thing is they will be returning in a few weeks! I am definitely stoked about that. Hopefully next year at this time we will have our own honey! We have even come up with a label for our jars 'Strat'o'Bees' kind of a play on 'Billabong' surfer wear.

Bee Men Suiting up

Pulling up the siding. Note: The bee guys did an excellent job removing the siding:)

Sawing away the base to get into the floor joist.

Open Sesame

In almost 2 weeks time, this is what our busy little bees have been up to.

Removal of the comb.

The comb being put in frames

Removal of bees using a special shop vac that does not hurt he bees. It does make them very angry though.

All finished

My honey making friends ready to go on vacation until they get use to their new home and we get all cracks filled.

There is something in the air!

Yep, there is something in the air and we think it has taken up residence under the siding of our house. The scary thing is that I walk by here almost every morning on my way to do the poopper scooper job each morning. Well, I've been lazy for the past few days and when I walked around this morning.... Well, you see my little surprise! It's not a monster swarm, but this 50 or so is enough to give me a little shock in the am! Especially since we don't know if they have made it up and under the siding yet.

I have put a call out to a friend who is a bee keeper to see what she thinks should be done. See, I'm thinking that if she knows someone with a spare hive, maybe, just maybe.... We can charm the little fellows right in and they might be kind enough to let me keep the little fellows in the back field behind our house.