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| Brian |
Posted - Feb 13 2014 : 4:28:48 PM
Jean from Malden, Washington needs your help saving some bees that have taken residence in their community church.
Here's what's happening:
"This is an honest request from the women's group (Ladies Working Band) at Malden Community Church in Malden, Wa. We have a wall full of honeybees that desperately need to be rescued. We have tried to encourage them to rehive, with no luck. We have contacted bee associations in Spokane, WSU and UI, no luck. I am a Moscow co-op member and I've talked to them... no luck. One man in Tennessee said if we were within 500 miles of him, he would come get them. These bees are healthy and about as organic as it gets. Can you help us?"
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| brightmeadow |
Posted - Feb 16 2014 : 3:33:53 PM
Last summer I was talking to our commercial apiarist (he keeps extra hives on our property when he is not renting them) and he mentioned a similar situation with a neighbor where the hive had been built inside a house's walls. It sounded like the neighbor thought he ought to not only remove the bees but also remove the honey and honeycomb inside the walls, and do construction work to repair any damaged wood. Don't know if the situation is similar or not, but some beekeepers might be reluctant to come and get the bees if they think there might be an expectation of repair also?
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| Annika |
Posted - Feb 14 2014 : 06:37:27 AM
Brian, I'll ask around here today and see if I can find any one to help. I'd love to keep them, but don't have the set up or skills to move them.
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| kysheeplady |
Posted - Feb 14 2014 : 02:30:56 AM
Did the WA. state beekeepers offer any help on how to remove them or rehive them?
Have they tried the local media to help them locate some help? I can't believe with the decrease in the honeybee population, they can't get someone to help with their plight?
Wish I lived closer ...
Teri
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| Killarney |
Posted - Feb 13 2014 : 6:04:41 PM
I wish they were close to me!
Connie
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| sjmjgirl |
Posted - Feb 13 2014 : 5:59:35 PM
Have they tried the WA state beekeepers association?
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| nubidane |
Posted - Feb 13 2014 : 5:11:24 PM
I can't believe no one can help you. Here in OH, I can name at least 5 folks that would be jumping in, no problem.
Good Luck. Gotta love our bees.
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| lovinRchickens |
Posted - Feb 13 2014 : 4:52:13 PM
Oh I sure hope someone can help save them. They are such needed little creatures.
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