[Michael McIlroy]

Hi Susan,
I do understand the mission of Honey Love and am 100% behind it. Thanks for reiterating it again though.

If you noticed in my email I said that I would be holding onto the swarms for a while to make sure they had settled in. I am not going to pass on bees to just anyone, especially a swarm of bees. That does not do them or us any favors. I purposely kept some things out of my email and asked interested parties to call for a reason. I personally wanted to talk to the interested parties. In our conversation I would ask the pertinent questions that you mentioned and a few more. I feel this is a much warmer and more personable approach than trying to screen somebody through emails. FYI I have been contacted by somebody from Buzzed Honey about the bees and will be talking to them.

With all that Beeing cleared up, let me thank you for the advice you gave me a couple of months ago at one of the meetings. My success rate with swarms is 100% since I have implemented your advice. It even came in handy in transferring my top bar hive over to a Langstroth hive box.

Knowing you live in MB, I almost called you yesterday to see if you could get a swarm a bees that was at Dockweiler Beach. In the end I was able to break free and collect them. Are you up for that kind of thing? Working as a lifeguard at the beach I get notified now almost as soon as a swarm shows up down there, anywhere from Zuma Beach to San Pedro.

Thanks again for showing your concern. If you have any questions feel free to call
Mike McIlroy
(310) 625-7873

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