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How do you get Honey Bees to go in a box? You politely ask them to walk inside:-)

Doing Honey Bee removal for a Saturn dealership, first thing this morning. The Honey Bees were attached to the corner of the detail tent and below a huge group had attached to the ground. Well fallen and didn't get up:-) How do you get them to go in the box without smooshing them? Knock the clump up on the detail tent into the box, that's where the queen is. Place the box on the ground where the group is on the ground and they'll, (literally) line right up and walk in the box on the queen's scent:-)

Here's a shot of them walking into the box. They're now in the back of the truck. You'll notice the majority of the bees are raised up on their hind legs and fanning their wings. What they're doing is called scenting. They're fanning their scent out for all the bees to find the location of the swarm that's inside the hive/box. The rest just walk and fly right on in. Me I go off and fill out the paper work and talk politics or what ever while all this is taking place:-)

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1488141&size=lg

Enjoy the shot.
 
Very interesting! So what do you do with these bees after you've captured them in the box? It appears that you don't want to kill them as you were careful not to smoosh them.

I was walking to work a couple weeks ago and noticed this huge mass of honey bees on the ground under some bushes. A few hours later I walked by again and they were all dead, the grounds crew (at my university) had sprayed poison all over them. I thought this was terrible. They were mostly-harmless honey bees like in your picture, not hornets or anything.
Thomas Gardner said:
How do you get Honey Bees to go in a box? You politely ask them to
walk inside:-)

Doing Honey Bee removal for a Saturn dealership, first thing this
morning. The Honey Bees were attached to the corner of the detail
tent and below a huge group had attached to the ground. Well
fallen and didn't get up:-) How do you get them to go in the box
without smooshing them? Knock the clump up on the detail tent into
the box, that's where the queen is. Place the box on the ground
where the group is on the ground and they'll, (literally) line
right up and walk in the box on the queen's scent:-)

Here's a shot of them walking into the box. They're now in the
back of the truck. You'll notice the majority of the bees are
raised up on their hind legs and fanning their wings. What they're
doing is called scenting. They're fanning their scent out for all
the bees to find the location of the swarm that's inside the
hive/box. The rest just walk and fly right on in. Me I go off and
fill out the paper work and talk politics or what ever while all
this is taking place:-)

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1488141&size=lg

Enjoy the shot.
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Hilbert said:
Very interesting! So what do you do with these bees after you've
captured them in the box? It appears that you don't want to kill
them as you were careful not to smoosh them.

I was walking to work a couple weeks ago and noticed this huge mass
of honey bees on the ground under some bushes. A few hours later I
walked by again and they were all dead, the grounds crew (at my
university) had sprayed poison all over them. I thought this was
terrible. They were mostly-harmless honey bees like in your
picture, not hornets or anything.
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In the case of the grounds crew, they more than likely don't have a clue how to move bees so that was the best they could do. You'll have to forgive them:-) Many times I will spray the bees because the swarm is too small, twisted up in the branches of a tree or too high in a tree to rescue. Any time a swarm has moved into a structure of some sort, tree or otherwise, they die:-)

Hope this helps and hope you enjoyed the image.
 
Gary T said:
He makes Honey Nut Cheerios ;-)

Good shot Thomas. :) If I'm not mistaken, you've posted other bee
pictures in the past?
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I kinda post images as I get a shot the forum might find interesting as pest control is what I do for a living.

Because of this trade, I get to see the extreme situations.

Hope you enjoyed the image.
 
Thomas,

I always enjoy your posts -- even the work-related ones! I come to the forum to learn about photography and I also get a hands-on, nuts-and-bolts education in nature!

I'm glad that your work schedule has allowed you to continue posting -- even at a reduced level.
Ken Smith

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Thomas Gardner said:
How do you get Honey Bees to go in a box? You politely ask them to
walk inside:-)

Doing Honey Bee removal for a Saturn dealership, first thing this
morning. The Honey Bees were attached to the corner of the detail
tent and below a huge group had attached to the ground. Well
fallen and didn't get up:-) How do you get them to go in the box
without smooshing them? Knock the clump up on the detail tent into
the box, that's where the queen is. Place the box on the ground
where the group is on the ground and they'll, (literally) line
right up and walk in the box on the queen's scent:-)

Here's a shot of them walking into the box. They're now in the
back of the truck. You'll notice the majority of the bees are
raised up on their hind legs and fanning their wings. What they're
doing is called scenting. They're fanning their scent out for all
the bees to find the location of the swarm that's inside the
hive/box. The rest just walk and fly right on in. Me I go off and
fill out the paper work and talk politics or what ever while all
this is taking place:-)

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1488141&size=lg

Enjoy the shot.
Click to expand...
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Interesting subject and picture. How long did it take to learn bee talk. They seem to understand you quite well. :> )
Thomas Gardner said:
How do you get Honey Bees to go in a box? You politely ask them to
walk inside:-)

Doing Honey Bee removal for a Saturn dealership, first thing this
morning. The Honey Bees were attached to the corner of the detail
tent and below a huge group had attached to the ground. Well
fallen and didn't get up:-) How do you get them to go in the box
without smooshing them? Knock the clump up on the detail tent into
the box, that's where the queen is. Place the box on the ground
where the group is on the ground and they'll, (literally) line
right up and walk in the box on the queen's scent:-)

Here's a shot of them walking into the box. They're now in the
back of the truck. You'll notice the majority of the bees are
raised up on their hind legs and fanning their wings. What they're
doing is called scenting. They're fanning their scent out for all
the bees to find the location of the swarm that's inside the
hive/box. The rest just walk and fly right on in. Me I go off and
fill out the paper work and talk politics or what ever while all
this is taking place:-)

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1488141&size=lg

Enjoy the shot.
Click to expand...
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Leo R
 
Hmm, that's interesting. What do you do with them when they get in the box. I understand bees are having a hard time with some sort of virus or infection and getting endangered.
 
Thomas Gardner said:
How do you get Honey Bees to go in a box? You politely ask them to
walk inside:-)

Doing Honey Bee removal for a Saturn dealership, first thing this
morning. The Honey Bees were attached to the corner of the detail
tent and below a huge group had attached to the ground. Well
fallen and didn't get up:-) How do you get them to go in the box
without smooshing them? Knock the clump up on the detail tent into
the box, that's where the queen is. Place the box on the ground
where the group is on the ground and they'll, (literally) line
right up and walk in the box on the queen's scent:-)

Here's a shot of them walking into the box. They're now in the
back of the truck. You'll notice the majority of the bees are
raised up on their hind legs and fanning their wings. What they're
doing is called scenting. They're fanning their scent out for all
the bees to find the location of the swarm that's inside the
hive/box. The rest just walk and fly right on in. Me I go off and
fill out the paper work and talk politics or what ever while all
this is taking place:-)

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1488141&size=lg

Enjoy the shot.
Click to expand...
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“What actually happens in the real world is what photographers needs to know.”
Michael Reichmann – Luminous Landscape
 
Very Carefully!

Here in Northern California it was reported a couple of days ago that a Lama, yes a Lama, was stung to death by a swarm of bees. It seems that the bees were not even of the African variety.

I am from England orginally and was once chased and stung by a swarm that I was transporting in a van! Woman driver was to blame, still after 40 or 50 stings, all on the back of the neck, I now that I'm not alergic to bees..
Moral of the story...Stay away from bees unless you know what you are doing.

Sierra Gold
Thomas Gardner said:
How do you get Honey Bees to go in a box? You politely ask them to
walk inside:-)

Doing Honey Bee removal for a Saturn dealership, first thing this
morning. The Honey Bees were attached to the corner of the detail
tent and below a huge group had attached to the ground. Well
fallen and didn't get up:-) How do you get them to go in the box
without smooshing them? Knock the clump up on the detail tent into
the box, that's where the queen is. Place the box on the ground
where the group is on the ground and they'll, (literally) line
right up and walk in the box on the queen's scent:-)

Here's a shot of them walking into the box. They're now in the
back of the truck. You'll notice the majority of the bees are
raised up on their hind legs and fanning their wings. What they're
doing is called scenting. They're fanning their scent out for all
the bees to find the location of the swarm that's inside the
hive/box. The rest just walk and fly right on in. Me I go off and
fill out the paper work and talk politics or what ever while all
this is taking place:-)

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1488141&size=lg

Enjoy the shot.
Click to expand...
 
Juli Valley said:
Hmm, that's interesting. What do you do with them when they get in
the box. I understand bees are having a hard time with some sort
of virus or infection and getting endangered.
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It's a long story. The short version, the infections are over and the ferral colonies have returned in great numbers. No shortage in these here parts of the twenty acre woods:-)

The longer story, their numbers went pretty much to nothing compared to prior years as they were infected with either the tracea mite that sits in their tracea and swipes the food as it goes down.

The longer and more accurate vesion:-)

http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/agency/pubns/miscpubs/5_2002/impact_tracheal.htm

The Varroa Mite sits on the bee and sucks them dry. This little critter helped to almost wipe them out.

The accurate story. A pic by somebody else of the mite.

http://www.kohala.net/bees/varroa.html

The story.

http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/misc/bees/varroa_mite.htm

Love the web search function:-)

Hope you enjoy the read.
 
Sierra Gold said:
Moral of the story...Stay away from bees unless you know what you
are doing.
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If it helps, I'm suppose to know what I'm doing and I still get stung. Believe it or not, I now get most my stings when I'm out of protective gear and I brush one that's attached to my clothing or sitting in the truck by one that snuck inside:-)

Remember kiddies, take your rings off if you get your hand or fingers stung, Uncle Thomas knows as he's always having to take his rings off:-)
 
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