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Patrick Thomas
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 Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 3:49 pm Post subject: Removal from downed tree in Winter Haven, Florida |
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Sometimes tree cutting services will contact me in order to remove bees so they can cut down a tree. This was a downed tree that needed immediate attention. The bees were saved and the tree cutters could then get to work the next day.
(VIDEO): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJzaLojIgvA
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druidsgarden
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Location: Morecambe, Lancashire
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Watching bee cut outs and swarm captures on YouTube has become a bit of an addiction lately.
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Patrick Thomas
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| druidsgarden wrote: | Watching bee cut outs and swarm captures on YouTube has become a bit of an addiction lately.
It absolutely fascinates me |
I'm very happy to be able to help feed your addiction.
Thanks so much for watching.
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druidsgarden
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You are welcome, we just don't do timber frame builds like you have, over here in the UK, nor do we have the same number of mobile homes, so the cut outs we do get are often a lot more complicated.
Also as it's once again pouring with rain here today, we definitely don't get the Florida weather! I had to put food on for one of my colonies yesterday as they are lovely calm bees and the Queen (one of last years and very dark) is laying really well but they were nearly dry!
We had a week of really hot weather about a month ago and I had to split them to stop them from swarming but then the weather turned it's not really stopped raining since!
Thank you once again for taking the time to film the removals |
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