Interfering with wild animals should be a problem to everyone.
Woodland on council landfill, no marking, away from path
Whoever did are long gone, but they may have been asked by the council to remove the bees. Before the council tackles the tree.
Did you join this forum last night purely to moan about someone investigating insect activity in a tree and carrying out a professional standard cut out to assess the situation? The work involved would cost far more in set-up and execution than any colony of bees would be worth to a beekeeper although there just might be an academic interest in its genetics if it really had survived without intervention for a number of years.
Perfectly legal (with the landowner's permission) and a sensible thing to do in many circumstances.
Honeybees aren't an endangered species.
I’d guess there’s a good few ton of wood above the cut out and future water ingress and rot are likely to be speeded up.
Yes whole woodland can be covered.
One reason: if the tree is unsound and must come down, the arborists would want the nest removed first.
Possibly not I’ve seen about half a dozen they just drop the section. Unless they’re cutting right under it the bees aren’t bothered till they hit the ground, even then they are more stunned than angry. But I guess it depends on the tree surgeon.
OP hasn't been back since midday Tuesday
