#savedontspray

This was a great bunch of bees to rescue, they were super gentle. It was a young hive, just barely two frames of comb located in a low guava (Psidium guajava) tree. The yard was beeautiful with a small food forest and lots of native plants as well, found this lovely atala butterfly (Eumaeus atala) on a firebush (Hamelia patens). 🐝🦋🌺🌿🌳 _ #savethebees #savedontspray #savethebutterflys #saveamericaspollinators #plantflowers #plantnatives https://www.instagram.com/p/B1l6VplgqEH/?igshid=11r401yke82xv

What a washout! This rescue and removal went flawlessly until we got hit by a nice storm last night. ⛈ Luckily at that point we had all the comb in the two NUCs and 99% of the bees in the vacuum box. Wet bees are not happy bees, and when I got them home they made sure I knew. A sting a day keeps the doctor away right? 🐝 They've settled in now, and I'm looking forward to bringing them to the apiary tomorrow 🐝 _ Shout out to @miasteamed for backing me up and the 📸 photos, and to @stelaskitchen for calling us to save them! 🙌🏼 The parking lot owners were about to spray them. This was an old hive too, of at least a year with some 20,000+ bees! _ #savethebees #savedontspray #livehiveremoval #rescueandremoval #wildbees #feralbees #beestings #beevenom #beestingtherapy #beekeeping #certifiedbeekeepers #beekeepers #apiculture #beevacuum https://www.instagram.com/p/B1KXt5OAKSP/?igshid=17w4w7a0tzra2