Category Archives: Cut Outs/Live Removals

Bee Wrangler For Hire, keeping them local bees alive.

This Thursday,  I will be doing one of my last live bee removals for the year. Doing live bee removals at this time of year decreases the chances that the colony will be able to survive starting from scratch again … Continue reading

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Farmer Chuck’s Stinker Bees, part 2

I went back to the farm a few days later (yesterday August 16th actually) to get a “small” cluster of bees that had formed since the removal. Upon inspection of the hive, which Farmer Chuck told me was doing well … Continue reading

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Cut-out from shed wall near Fort Calhoun, NE

On Tuesday, August 9th, we got to do a fun bee removal from a small building on a farm north of Omaha, up nearby Fort Calhoun. The building is used for storage now, but at one point in time might … Continue reading

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148th & West Center Rd Live Bee Removal, part two

Got a much earlier start working on the bee removal today and did we need it.  The opening of the soffit was not fun and took much longer than it should have. Got about half of the nest vacuumed and … Continue reading

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148th & West Center Rd Live Bee Removal, part one

After being called to look over a house in West Omaha off of 148th and West Center Rd about a week ago, we showed up today to start the live removal. This removal is at the top of the house, … Continue reading

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A bee vac.

In my experience, a bee vac is extremely useful, but only in a couple of situations. First anytime I am doing an indoor cutout/removal, that is almost a guaranteed time to use a bee vac.  It helps to get the … Continue reading

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Bee Cut Out, 82nd & Woolworth area.

Thanks to Nebraska Beekeeper Assn members Rudy and Joanne Vasko, I this homeowner contacted me to do a live removal of a colony that was nested in his house. They had observed the bees when they went a few days … Continue reading

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