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Wed, Apr 15, 09 at 16:42
| where the sidewalk meets the grass
thousands of them all in a big ball what are they doing there? i turned on my sprinklers by they didnt leave.... |
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- Posted by konrad___far_north 3 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 15, 09 at 19:37
| What kind of bees are they? Can you post a picture? Konrad |
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- Posted by jasonjm2007 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 15, 09 at 19:44
| yah when i get home if they still there i will i called the fire department and made it their problem |
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- Posted by jasonjm2007 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 15, 09 at 21:40
| LOOK - THE BEES AT 15 MEGAPIXELS! zoom to see full size at least one pile of them in my picture so tell me what kind of bees are they and what are they doing and why arent they going away http://www.scn.bz/images/IMG_0425.JPG |
Here is a link that might be useful: BEES
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- Posted by konrad___far_north 3 (My Page) on Thu, Apr 16, 09 at 0:52
| That's not that many bees...in the bee keepers eye. These are honey bees, looks like the Italian strain, probably the fire dep.is going to kill them? This would be easy pick for a bee keeper, do you have any in your area and can phone: For them being on the ground and not moving could mean that the queen got injured and cant fly or you have a neighbour with bees ?.. the hive swarmed and the queen couldn't fly well because some keepers clip their wings so they don't go far when they swarm. Konrad |
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- Posted by jasonjm2007 (My Page) on Thu, Apr 16, 09 at 17:25
| im in a built up area of los angeles doubt there would be a beekeeper |
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- Posted by tonybeeguy (My Page) on Thu, Apr 16, 09 at 23:47
| there are beekeepers everywhere, even in the big cities. You'd be surprised. good luck |
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| It's a shame to kill a bunch of bees that just work hard to pollinate our fruit and protect their queen.... :o( |
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- Posted by jasonjm2007 (My Page) on Sun, Apr 19, 09 at 20:18
| they all flew away today to somewhere else (I dont know where) |
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| Some of the posters are right. There are beekeepers everywhere who are more than willing to collect the bees. With the declining populations of bees in this country it makes me sad when I hear that another swarm is going to be destroyed. It is nice to hear that they flew away before being destroyed. A nice ending to this story! |
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- Posted by konrad___far_north 3 (My Page) on Fri, Apr 24, 09 at 21:33
| But I'm not so sure if I should believe bees stayed for 4 or 5 day's on the side walk when the Firedepartement was called in day one. Konrad |
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| Well this very thing happened to me two days ago. A small swarm of honey bees landed on my drive way, and then they formed a pile on the grass near by. They were right outside my front door so I was concerned for my kids and any visitors that may be coming by. I called one of our pest control companies to see if they knew anybody who was a bee keeper. They gave me a name and number and he came by that evening and took them away. I never encountered a swarm before and I was amazed at just watching them. I never heard of a swarm just staying in the grass for several hours. Anyway, I hated to hurt them for the simple reason of hearing about all the honey bees dying do to some type of mites. |
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- Posted by jasonjm2007 (My Page) on Mon, May 4, 09 at 4:42
| the fire department never came back, their warning barricades are still sitting on my sidewalk they just forgot about it..... anyways now i got something worse, a black widow infestation |
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