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| Calvary Episcopal Church |
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| The bee hive is behind the board |
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| Josh is removing part of the soffit to get to the hive. |
We were called into humanely remove 2 honey bee hives from the soffit of the church. The 2 hives together had an estimated 100,000 bees. It is a big job but a job like this isn't unfamiliar to the trained technicians here at Apex. First we had to get the bees.
Mike and Josh then used a modified vacuum to remove the bees.
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| Josh preparing to remove the bees from first hive |
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| Mike is using the vacuum to remove the bee humanely |
After we removed the bees a beekeeper from the church came to transport the bees to the new home.
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| Charles Harris to the left and Dr. Betty Delaney beekeeper |
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| One of the bee house |
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| Dr. Betty is spraying sugar water on the comb for the bees |
The bees were lowered down in a special bee cage and then transfer into their new home.
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| Humane Bee Removal Cage |
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| The bees getting ready to the new home. |
The bees were not the only thing we removed from the roof next to the bell tower. We removed 7 buckets of honey comb.
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| The honey comb from the 2 hives |
If you are interested in bee removal visit our site:
http://apexwildlifecontrol.com/Bee_removal.html
http://www.memphisbeekeeper.com/index.html
We are excited to share with you some of the news coverage we had during one of our last jobs.
Honey Bees Take Over Bell Tower At Downtown Church - FOX13 News, WHBQ FOX 13
GoPro Video: Historic church moves beehive from bell tower
http://www.commercialappeal.com/galleries/bee-removal
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