How to get them out?

[yantabulla]

The person in the photo picked the couch up with an excavator during a clean up and was given a real liven up by the bees. Dozens of stings he thinks. He was pretty brave to help me remove them. I would estimate they had been there for a couple of years. They are doing nicely in my apiary. More photos here https://www.facebook.com/oraravalleyhoney/

 

[charlievictorbravo]

The person in the photo picked the couch up with an excavator during a clean up and was given a real liven up by the bees. Dozens of stings he thinks. He was pretty brave to help me remove them. I would estimate they had been there for a couple of years. They are doing nicely in my apiary. More photos here https://www.facebook.com/oraravalleyhoney/

Some interesting photos in your Fb gallery. I notice you have a combination of wood and poly hives. With your warm climate, which appears to be better for the bees - wood or poly?

Have you put your Flow Hive together yet? As it was developed not far from you, your weather conditions should suit it well.

CVB

 

[yantabulla]

CVB, very pleased with the poly hives. In this subtropical area I find it hard to get the wooden hives to last without a lot of preservative & paint. The poly hives don't rot & they are easy to assemble & paint. More economical in the long term and I will phase the wood out as it over time. My bees are doing really well in them over our winter. Yes my flow hive is assembled. Should have some bees in it in a month or so. I have installed bees into a flow hive for a client. They had a price reduction a few weeks ago so I bought one. I'll stick to conventional hives though. Just wanted to see how they go. I will post updates on my FB site. Thanks for the interest. Yantabulla.