Dazzabee
House Bee
- Joined
- May 25, 2010
- Messages
- 112
- Reaction score
- 0
- Location
- Thurrock, Essex
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 11, mix of National & 14x12 + 2 Nuc
Got a call from someone about bees in a Bird Box. I started to say oh they'll be bumbles but the person insisted they were honey bee's as they had checked on the internet and had been watching them for quite some time. It was local to me so I went round and low and behold honey bees in a bird box........
The bird box is 18inches long by 10inches wide at the bottom. AND it is split down the centre with a nest box at each end so the bees are actually only living in one side which surprised me even more!
Turns out they had been living in the bird box for around 18 months and the reason for calling me was that they had swarmed. This was the 2nd swarm issued from the bird box in the last week or so too and they told me the first was much bigger than the 2nd (which makes sense). The swarm was sat on a nearby sleeper so i collected and placed into a poly nuc.
Next they want me to perform a cut out on the Bird box placing the residents into a hive and leaving in situ in their garden. They are offering to pay for the hive but would like me to look after them and supply them with a proportion of the honey produced by that particular hive. The family is also very interested in learning the basics and they already knew quite a bit from researching on the internet. They seemed a really nice family too.
Its a massive garden in a rural village location and the bees have been living there for 18 months anyway so I'm considering it.........
The bird box is 18inches long by 10inches wide at the bottom. AND it is split down the centre with a nest box at each end so the bees are actually only living in one side which surprised me even more!
Turns out they had been living in the bird box for around 18 months and the reason for calling me was that they had swarmed. This was the 2nd swarm issued from the bird box in the last week or so too and they told me the first was much bigger than the 2nd (which makes sense). The swarm was sat on a nearby sleeper so i collected and placed into a poly nuc.
Next they want me to perform a cut out on the Bird box placing the residents into a hive and leaving in situ in their garden. They are offering to pay for the hive but would like me to look after them and supply them with a proportion of the honey produced by that particular hive. The family is also very interested in learning the basics and they already knew quite a bit from researching on the internet. They seemed a really nice family too.
Its a massive garden in a rural village location and the bees have been living there for 18 months anyway so I'm considering it.........