Here in SW Pennsylvania,,,
Working with one of the major pest control
company, who's owner instructs his employees,
'never to destroy honeybees'. -I have received a
higher than usual number of September swarm
referrals this season.
My response to homeowners who have fall
swarms in difficult to reach locations, is to let
the swarm winter in the void. Fall swarms
are likely to consume all of the honey and perish
during the winter, and the void can be closed up
in the spring. Any colonies surviving winter can
be removed in April. -And most homeowners are
fine with this advice.
Among the fall swarms that I have attended to
this season, -the swarms appear healthy and
mostly free of varroa.
Until a method of inducing a swarm to abscond
from a newly inhabited void is developed, -which
can be safely used in residential dwellings.
The effort in removing the bees, as well as
the resources required to successfully winter
these September swarms IMO, -outweighs any
benefit that 'perhaps -may' be obtained from
the risks associated with recovering these
swarms 'during the fall season'.
If you are aware of methods that will cause
newly established swarms to abscond from
a structure, other than bee-go etc,
please send them forward to me.
Best Wishes,
J. Waggle
From the Historical Honeybee Articles site:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HistoricalHoneybeeArticles
Warren Evening Mirror
October 7, 1916, Warren, Pennsylvania
Gas Found in Bee Tree
While Sawing Down Bee Tree Iowans
Strike Gas.
Leon, Mo.—Just across the line from
northwest Missouri, in Decatur county,
Ia., two men were sawing down a bee
tree, when they heard a queer noise.
What followed is told by an eyewitness,
C. R. Riley: " `Come here, Riley.
and listen. The bees are right down at
the bottom of this tree.' They sawed
a little more and the sound became
louder. I soon smelled gas and struck
a match and placed it to the sawed
part. A flame of fire came out and
blazed up the tree. The boys sawed
a little more and all of a sudden the
fire shot out about three feet. The
boys, fearing trouble, left the saw and
started away over the hill on a dead
run.
This gas find is being examined by
an expert and a report will be given
later."
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