Any Bee Keepers Out There?

[r3126]

Just returned from a month long vacation and found a rather large honeycomb on the external NW corner of my house. Measures (maybe) 20"x12"x6". Lots of bees working it. Need help in removing it - my total experience with bees is getting stung. PM me here or email me at r3126@comcast(dot)net. Any recommendations about who I could contact would work. I am on Indy westside - out by Avon. Thanks for any help.

 

[patience0830]

Honey comb is rarely exposed. Have you positively identified the critters as honey bees?

 

[r3126]

They are working the comb, there are lots of them, they look and act like bees. As I said, my only experience with bees is being stung by them. I had a picture of it but seem to have deleted it. I can take another tomorrow.

 

[hoosierdoc]

I found a person to come take a hive of mine by searching online . Local enthusiasts like fresh colonies

ID your Bees / Do I have Honey Bees? - NJ Bees.com /Senter Honey Bee Farms

 

[r3126]

Thanks. Will research.

 

[CHCRandy]

DNR: Indiana Beekeepers Swarm List

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...ee-swarm-thread-who-call-if-you-find-one.html

 

[nra4ever]

 

[r3126]

Tomorrow. It's a bit dark out.

 

[rob63]

We had one last summer, here are photos I took of the swarm and the beekeeper scraping it into his box. It was all pretty fascinating.

 

[hoosierdoc]

That dude has my respect!

 

[Expat]

 

[r3126]

DNR: Indiana Beekeepers Swarm List

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...ee-swarm-thread-who-call-if-you-find-one.html

This will work. I should be able to find someone. Thanks. Thanks to all that responded. Semper Fidelis.

 

[hoosierdoc]

ack! My sugar pile!

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

That dude has my respect!

Usually, the bees are pretty docile when they're swarming.

Any bee-keeper would tell you that any swarm you can collect with both your feet on the ground is gravy.

I remember one that I got, twenty feet up a ladder in a tree, with a bucket in one hand and a stick in another, swinging in the wind. Good Times.

But I'm kind of retired from the bee business.

 

[rob63]

I remember one that I got, twenty feet up a ladder in a tree, with a bucket in one hand and a stick in another, swinging in the wind. Good Times.

Signature line material right there.

 

[hoosierdaddy1976]

Sig line material right there.

"This is my bucket, this is my stick,
Looser than her *****, bigger than my ****."