Bees have lived in this soffit for a short amount of time. The property was being sold, and the new buyers wanted the bees to be removed as a part of their purchase agreement.
While the bees were in a 1st floor soffit – it was a high soffit… and a precarious drop below my ladder footing. The picture below shows my view from the ladder.. down to a creek bed another 20-30 feet below the ladder footing.
The bees presented a strange phenomenon – there was plenty of brood, and plenty of bees… and we had a good nectar flow going on at the time – HOWEVER – the comb was dry as a bone. No honey stores whatsoever. This, friends is why you feed your bees if there is a dearth of nectar that is acceptable to them.
Once the bees and comb was removed – the space was filled with insulation, and put back together.
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