On Apr 13, 7:58*am, "modom (palindrome guy)" >
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> On Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:18:00 -0700 (PDT),
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> >On Apr 12, 6:47*pm, "modom (palindrome guy)"
> >so it was I who
> >> witnessed bee wrangling first hand.
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> >> Don hauled a beehive box up our ladder and perched it on the little
> >> paint-bucket shelf. *He bent the branch the swarm was on near the open
> >> top and -- WHACK! *He rapped the branch sharply on the box, and the
> >> bees plopped inside. *Back on the ground, he put the top on.
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> >> Some of the bees still wanted back on the branch (apparently they
> >> could smell the queen's scent there), so we eventually had to lop the
> >> branch off to discourage them. *Don took the other swarm with him in a
> >> catch box: payment for his services.
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> >Modom,
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> >Just for curiosity's sake: *What state are you in? *I'm in California,
> >and here we use to call the bee keeper and he was happy to get the new
> >hive. *But I hear things have changed. *There's a parasitic mite and
> >Africanized bees, so the bee keepers don't come and get them any
> >more. *I've been told the only thing to do now is call the
> >exterminator.
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> >That sure seems like a waste.
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> >Ken
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> Don't know how current this list is:http://www.beesource.com/forums/show...d851762fe598f4...


Thanks for the link. I'll save it and pass this along to the proper
person at work.

Thanks Again,

Ken