> How do the rest of you handle these requests (sometimes
> demands) to remove
> the bees acquiescing to the threats of extermination?

I tell them if they exterminate, they can also plan on spending more money to exterminate the ants and perhaps rodents that may follow.  Also, to plan on spending more money to repair to the structure and wall boards from the honey dripping down throughout.  And if you don’t have a beekeeper to the job right the first time, they can also plan on spending more money when another swarm inhabits the void in another few years. 

Joe
“A Western editor expressed his delight at having nearly been called `honey' by the gal he loves, because she saluted him as `Old Bees Wax' at their last meeting.” 1857 Monroe, Wisconsin  
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