Beachwood Canyon Rescue

I just got this message from a friend who lives in Beachwood Canyon. A beekeeper in the making! Can anyone help set them up?

Hey Kathy – We have a honey bee situation (a whole hive in one of the railroad ties/wood stairway down to the backyard). I really wanna extract them and get them in some hive-boxes so we can keep the bees but not have them in the middle of the stairs. I keep reaching out to people in the LA bee community with no luck. Do you think you might be able to help or would you know someone who I could hire for a few hours to help me locate the queen and do the transfer safely?

I am familiar with this situation from years ago when I had a hive removal from the same spot. A pretty easy rescue. The railroad ties are hollow so you just pull the top of the step off and pull them. Easy to get to.

• This topic was modified 12 years, 1 month ago by KATHRYN BAKKEN.