Have Bees?

05/15/2026

The homeowner thought the bees had only been there a "couple of months", ahh more like 1-2 years! We probably removed 50-60 pounds of bees and honeycomb.

05/14/2026

Today's exciting bee challenge:

If you have a column on your front porch as an architectural accent, make sure there are no openings at the top being enough for bees to enter!

04/29/2026

Another example on how highly intelligent bees are.

Scientists once trained bumblebees to do something that sounds almost impossible for an insect: pull a string to reach sugar water hidden beneath a plastic sheet. What made the experiment even more remarkable was what happened next. Other bees watched the demonstration, and many of them later figured out the task for themselves. More than 60 percent of the observer bees succeeded, showing that bumblebees were not just reacting by instinct, but learning from one another. This simple test revealed a surprising level of problem-solving and social learning in insects, proving that even tiny brains can observe, adapt, and pass knowledge through a group.

04/16/2026

Another busy bee day, actually too busy.

04/14/2026

Today's bee challenge:

04/09/2026

There are actually 2 bee hives here. The one under the eaves and another one under the roof behind the vent holes.

04/09/2026

I'm guessing there was a veritable bee explosion when the trash truck driver dumped this barrel with the bee hive inside.

04/02/2026

04/02/2026

Working around the garage door track made this one a little difficult.

03/31/2026

I average 4- 6 of these a year.

03/24/2026

Short of dismantiling the wall, bees inside of a retaining wall are almost impossible to save. You can tell from the staining on the edges of the two blocks that this is an old, well established hive.