This morning I called a local bee keeper in our area. He said he would come right over and collect the bees.
The first thing he did was set this "bee house" on the ground by the tree.
Then he blew some smoke on them.
And the next step I missed with the camera. I didn't know what he was doing so I missed the shot. He tied that rope around the tree and gave it a big yank and the bees all fell into the box and on the ground. Notice there are no more bees on the tree.
He was checking for the Queen Bee at this time. He said if she went in the box the rest would all go in there.
Then he watched.
Some of the bees were going back up onto the tree and as I was taking this shot he yanked that darn rope again. That scared the
begeezes out of me!
He kept telling me I could go closer because "them there bees aint gonna hurt you none."
I politely told him I was plenty close.
This is what it looked like when I left it. He said in about an hour they would all be inside the box. We'll see.....
