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Does anyone know who to call for this? I just came home and found hundreds off bees swarming the side of our house, and they are going in the space between the corrugated roofing and the roof, which means they are nesting in our attic crawl space. I have a 3 year old and a 7 week old infant so I'm freaked! I left messages with some numbers in the phone book, and talked to the county but we're outside of their 5 mile work zone. I tried to search Punaweb, but got an error message. Any help appreciated!!! Angela
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In many areas Ag Extension keeps a list of beekeepers and bee removers. That might be Mel Nishina, but I do not know his phone number. You might also try the fire department - not likely but possible.
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I called Vector Control in the county and they took a complaint form, but no guarantee when they could come out. I found a beekeeper who's on his way now. Hopefully they are bees and not wasps. Since yesterday their numbers have increased to the many thousands. I can't walk outside without being buzzed. They have formed a thick carpet mass on the side of the house near the roof about 18 inches wide and high and about 8 inches thick. Scary stuff. I can get a close up, safe view from my son's bedroom window. We have all the windows closed and insulation and all you can hear is BUZZZZZZZ... Angela
wow, that is scary. I wish you speedy service.
There used to be signs around HPP, home made type nailed on trees, saying Got Bees? which I thought was for bee removal. Maybe someone in the area knows that number in case his doesn't work out.
Good luck!
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Thanks Kathy! Well, my husband and the beekeeper managed to get most of the bees out. They had to pull a few sheets of roofing off, and it was a huge mound. There's still some bees buzzing around, but he said they will disburse since the queen's now gone. Quite a lot of excitement around today! Aloha, Angela
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Oh great Angela, which bee keeper did you use and how did you find him? This sounds like everyone came out ahead on this project, and all is safe and sound now!
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Hi Mella, His name was Ron and he has a bee farm out by Pahoa. I think he said, "Mo betta Honey" was the name? Something like that. I've seen it at the farmer's market. There's still a few hundred buzzing around today. Hopefully they figure it out and move on.
Angela
Happy to hear that the queen has been moved along ...
Bees are wonderful in the right home ... not yours or mine!
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If you find a swarm when it hasn't gone inside of a structure, just a big dripping ball of bees on a branch you can literally pick them up to move them and not get stung. Put them inside of a big wooden box at the back of your garden and they will stay inside the box and not go into your house. Pollinates the garden real well and if you can find a bee box for them soon enough they can be relocated into the bee box but once they settle into somewhere they are hard to move.
When bees get overcrowded in a hive, they make a new queen and the old queen bee takes half the hive and goes off looking for a new home. The bees take as much honey from the old hive as they can carry so they will be able to start a new hive. Since they are so swollen with honey they are unable to sting. Seeing the bees while flying in a swarm is really impressive. They send out scouts to go look for a new hive site and will halt and rest on tree branches occasionally while waiting for the scout bees to get back. Once the scouts have found a new home the whole swarm moves in.
It is at that point, where the bees don't have a hive to protect and are swollen with honey that they are safe to handle without a bee suit. However, they had already moved into the house when Angela first found them so this wasn't an option for her at the time, but if you see a swarm on the move and want some bees this is a perfect time to get them.
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Hey,Hotzcatz,you seem to know so much about bees.Do you have your own private honey-makers?
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