{"id":1377,"date":"2016-05-09T17:43:56","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T22:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/?p=1377"},"modified":"2016-05-09T17:43:56","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T22:43:56","slug":"external-hive-removal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/?p=1377","title":{"rendered":"External Hive Removal"},"content":{"rendered":"

This home has had a colony of bees on the side for about a month.\u00a0 The homeowner was informed about the bees – and a call was made to investigate and get them to brighter pastures.<\/p>\n

Here’s the view as I peered through the shrubbery:
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I could not tell yet (for certain) whether or not this was a new hive – or an extension of a larger hive within the soffit or wall.\u00a0 After removing the external comb – it was determined that the hive did NOT go into the structure of the home.<\/p>\n

The comb with eggs and brood was saved, the queen was found and placed into a hive body with the comb – and the residual wax removed from the home.\u00a0 I also ran a fresh bead of caulk to make sure that bees could not enter in the future (from this spot, anyway).<\/p>\n

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Here are a few pics and a video of the bees orienting to the new box:<\/p>\n

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And the video:<\/p>\n