>>>A home owner call a few years ago saying a beekeeper wanted several thousand dollars to remove bees from her house. I supplied the name of an honest beekeeper which did the job reasonable.
crooks are around in most industries.
- Sound high on the face of it, but what would you charge for this 12' long colony and repairs:
http://s269.photobucket.com/user/DSemple/media/Bees%202011/Ben%20and%20Kathleen%20D/IMG_5472.jpg.html
- Or this one where I replaced soffit, fascia and roofing:
http://s269.photobucket.com/user/DSemple/media/Bees%202011/Marilyn%20and%20Jim%20H/779a511a.jpg.html
- Or this one, where I had to take apart and put back together a tile roof 30' in the air:
http://s269.photobucket.com/user/DSemple/media/Bees%202011/Bees%202012/Prabu%20R/a37521d1.jpg.html
- $25 an hour, $50 an hour, $100 an hour???
- What about risk, should I charge more when I'm working on expensive homes to cover unforeseen problems that may arise.
Last year on one fancy home the bees were in the soffit, outside the master bedroom that had recessed wall lighting under a vaulted roof. I didn't know it, but the wiring for the lighting going through the sheet rock was not sealed. Ever see the mess 2 lbs. of bees running loose in the master bedroom for about 3 hours can make. :(
http://s269.photobucket.com/user/DSemple/library/Bees%202011/Bees%202012/Deb%20W
>>>Picked up another swarm from my beekeeping area this morning (makes three in the last 10 days) which tells me the feral bees seem to be doing good. I remove all my hives into a holding area miles from here so these swarms are from bees in trees etc. but no doubt originally came from my hives.
All three swarms looked like my line of bees.
bob
-So Bob, will you treat these feral surviving swarms? ;)
Don Semple
Overland Park, KS
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