We recently noticed that a colony of honeybees had made their home in one of the stately oak trees near our front entry. We know how important bees are to our environment as pollinators (and makers of delicious honey!), so we called on the services of a local beekeeper to come and help with relocating the bees. Luckily, our UPS delivery driver, Robert Rodden, just happens to be a beekeeper in his spare time and offered to remove the bees from our property and take them home to his own apiary.
Robert has installed a white super (bee box) on the tree to lure the bees inside — once the queen bee has made her way into the box, the other bees will follow. Then, Robert will temporarily seal the box, remove it from the tree and take the bees home, where they will be installed in a waiting hive.
Remember, if you ever need to remove honeybees from your property, please don’t call an exterminator! Instead, call your local beekeeping chapter (such as the Metro Atlanta Beekeepers Association) or a bee removal specialist to accomplish this task without harming the bees.