A young man stopped by this afternoon. He said a wild hive had nested in
the hollow limb of an oak near where he is building a house. Neighbors have
told him he needed to get rid of the bees because they will kill the tree.
I said I doubted that. I would appreciate any information you have that I
could pass along to him.
  I told him, from what I have read, removing the bees would be difficult
at best. I have captured a swarm, but removing bees from a hollow limb
about 8 feet (2.4 meters) above ground would be too much for me.
When I said I could come out an kill them for him (best solution, in my
opinion), he said he did not want that.
(Yes, I searched the archives from 1995 on, and did not find what I needed
to know.)
Cal French, hobby keeper, Adelaida, California.

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