Removal
of swarm from tree
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| Photo 1 - Swarm settled on the trunk
of a small tree.
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Photo 2 - Carefully removing the
swarm.
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Photo 3 - Transferring the swarm
into its new home.
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Photos by Emma Rice
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Your
Place Is a Good Place to Call Home
Swarm
bees will choose many different places to call home! They are
particularly fond of chimneys, bushes, children's play equipment,
barbques and the wall cavities of homes.
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| Photo 1 -
Swarm in wall cavity with entrance
under airconditioner unit.
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Photo 2 - A
swarm clustered on a small bush in a
surburban back yard prior to removal.
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Photo 3 -
Removing a feral hive from a chimney.
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Feral
Hive in Speaker Box
This series of photos shows how ideal man-made objects, such as this
speaker box, are for bee hives.
Our beekeeper removed the bees and all the comb from the speaker box
and re-hived them onsite.
The speaker box was cleaned and returned to the owner and the bees were then safely transported to our apiary.
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Photo 1 - The
speaker box in situ |
Photo 2 - The
cut out at the back of the box makes and ideal entrance for
the bees.
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3 - The hive had filled almost half of the box with comb.
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Photo
4 - Another view of how far the bees had gone to filling the
box.
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Photo
5 - Most the bees removed to show the comb containing brood,
nectar and pollen.
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