The Bee Colony Living Under a Jacuzzi Bees will move into just about any sheltered space, and a jacuzzi is no exception. This one had a full colony of Apis mellifera...
When the Thermal Camera Got It Wrong The thermal camera made this roof colony look manageable. It wasn’t. Every time we opened another section of ceiling, the colony of Apis mellifera...
Two Bee Colonies, One Night It’s not often we take on two removals in one night, and it’s even rarer for both to go smoothly. Late one evening in Glenferness, north...
Trapping Out a Colony from a Willow Tree Getting a catch box into a willow tree is hard enough. Doing it solo, while a large colony of Apis mellifera scutellata (the...
The Monster Hive Inside an Old Oil Drum An old oil drum lying around in the garden doesn’t look like much. But in Johannesburg, one upturned drum turned out to be...
When a Bee Rescue Stops Being Simple Not every bee removal goes according to plan. A homeowner called us after finding a colony of Apis mellifera scutellata (the African honeybee) in...
The Trap-Out Worked, but the Box Was Empty Sometimes a bee removal works and still doesn’t go to plan. Thirty days earlier, a colony of Apis mellifera scutellata (the African honeybee)...
The Manhole Dilemma: Why We Cut the Ceilin African honeybees have a habit of picking the hardest spots to reach. In a kitchen in Bryanston, Johannesburg, a colony of Apis mellifera...
Lifting the Curb on a Hidden Colony Bees don’t only live in walls and roofs. Sometimes they’re right under your feet. On a property in the north of Johannesburg, landscapers redoing...
What Poisoning a Beehive Really Leaves Behind Many people think poisoning bees in the roof is a quick, cheap fix. What they’re rarely told is what happens after the bees die....