I live in a suburban area and I have a swarm that has set up housekeeping
in an low hanging area of my roof. They are apparently very
domesticated, they are not overagressive, I can stand within 3 feet of
where they are entering and exiting, and they will ignore me.

Of course I don't want them on my property. I called a couple of
beekeepers and they said they would be glad to come and kill them -- for
$250. I told them I can do that for free. I'm trying to be
environmentally friendly on this I know that bees pollinate, etc, etc and
don't really want to kill them.

But what else can I do? Killing them out may be my only option since I'm
a good 15 miles from really open country. If I drive them off, they'll
just take up residence in somebody else's home.

Why not leave them as they are maybe they'll bring you good luck

Why not what harm are they causing?

What kind of goddamn beekeepers want to kill honeybees? Those are not
beekeepers, maybe they told you that. Those bees are in the boxed in
portions of your eaves. They're easy to remove with damage caused. All the
bees and their combs can be removed and relocated to a hive with frames. I
do it for $200.00 and up.

You're to be applauded for this attitude unlike the so-called beekeepers.

hello Wayne,
respect to your positive motivation -

during night, when they all are in and on their combs, put a wooden or
carton box of appropriate size (top or one side open, depends) over the
whole entity, then cut all off to get it falling into the box, shut the
box by shifting a carton slide between box and wall, and you have it

when too much afraid of the procedure, have a water pipe at your
disposal, water irrigation will calm them - protect your face by a big
stetson with some sort of textile grid

to deposit the box look for some hedges place or wood corner and leave
it on soil (or hang it in the trees)

I#ll watch this NG every 2 hours, in case of further questions we can
talk by skype - last year I did the same with someone from Vancouver,
protecting bald faced hornets

why not let them hang at your roof, it will give you a sommer of much
enjoyment - the bees will never attack you

excuse my scholar english (old world)

here some photos of my hobby at Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/71092423@N00/

Suggestion: Find better beekeepers or become one yourself - for less than
250$ you can buy a beesuit, veil, gloves smoker and hive with frames.

These are pictures I took of a swarm that I turned into a new hives:
http://www.beesource.com/forums/showthread.php?t=220231

Wayne,

Agree with the opinion to leave them if you can. If you by any means
can't have them look at the following site for a REAL beekeeper close
to you who will try to remove them.

http://www.ebeehoney.com/swarmremovalmap.html

Wolfgang

On Jul 14, 1:41 pm, Wayne W gmail.com> wrote:

Hope they are still there, unharmed, or at least unharmed.
Tell us what city, state, and we can possibly find some one that will
do it for free. No promise, but a "maybe".
And thanks for being on the right track. Bee folks won't kill them.

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:41:58 GMT, Wayne W gmail.com> wrote:

*>I live in a suburban area and I have a swarm that has set up
housekeeping
*>in an low hanging area of my roof. They are apparently very
*>domesticated, they are not overagressive, I can stand within...

20 years ago, a colony made a nest at the external side of my window. As I
was a young boy at the time I much enjoyed it watching them through the
glass of the (closed) window. My mother was suggesting to spray them dead,
my father insisted on finding a beekeeper to catch it.
Luckily, my fathers decission was carried out, we caught the swarm, put it
in a hive at our garden, and there it was.. Year by year, they gave me new
swarms and I now try to keep five of them (used to have 10 but it was too
much work for a non-beekeeper by profession) that give me more honey that I
can eat.

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