Today we remov
ed the swarm of bees that built in the siding of our barn. Those girls had been busy these last few weeks. The boys started at the site entrance and slowly removed the boards one by one, checking closely for the queen. They started on the ground, moved to a ladder and finally had to be lifted up in the backhoe buck
et! Once they reached the top they slowly cut the comb and took great care to rubber band each piece in the frames, all the while searching for the queen. It was truly fascinating to watch and the bees were quite calm until the end. You can see our experienced bee keeper had to finally put on his suit and Doug ha
d to duck tape his pant legs closed as they were crawling up his legs. I took pictures as long as possible, working right around beside the guys most of the time. Once the bees got testy though and I got zapped on the face, I said adios and headed off to milk. Unfortunately, I did not
get to see them capture the queen but they did and left her in a cage. She will stay there for a couple of days as the bees navigate to the hive. We will release her Monday morning and Monday night will move them down the road a few miles for a couple of weeks to let them adjust and prevent them from going back in the barn. At that time we will bring them back to the farm.
Today we remov
ed the swarm of bees that built in the siding of our barn. Those girls had been busy these last few weeks. The boys started at the site entrance and slowly removed the boards one by one, checking closely for the queen. They started on the ground, moved to a ladder and finally had to be lifted up in the backhoe buck
et! Once they reached the top they slowly cut the comb and took great care to rubber band each piece in the frames, all the while searching for the queen. It was truly fascinating to watch and the bees were quite calm until the end. You can see our experienced bee keeper had to finally put on his suit and Doug had to duck tape his pant legs closed as they were crawling up his legs. I took pictures as long as possible, working right around beside the guys most of the time. Once the bees got testy though and I got zapped on the face, I said adios and headed off to milk. Unfortunately, I did not 
get to see them capture the queen but they did and left her in a cage. She will stay there for a couple of days as the bees navigate to the hive. We will release her Monday morning and Monday night will move them down the road a few miles for a couple of weeks to let them adjust and prevent them from going back in the barn. At that time we will bring them back to the farm.
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