Got a call from a homeowner about bees they’d had in a pallet for some time. They’d bought a hive body (deep box) with a bottom board, inner cover, and telescoping cover, and set that near the hive in the hopes the bees would migrate there. They did (either swarmed or moved) and filled the … Read More
New Braunfels, TX — When I got the call from a family in Pleasonton, Texas that bees had attacked and killed a family pet, we hurried down to help them out. So sad to hear when a nuisance hive situation becomes a tragedy! We were able to quickly cut the floor of the shed to … Read More
Charlie Bee Company is free to watch on Amazon Prime. CLICK HERE or search “Charlie Bee” in the Amazon Prime Video section of your set-top box (ROKU, AppleTV, etc.). Please watch and write a review as your honest feedback on Amazon makes a world of difference! Thank you and I look forward to a … Read More
The Charlie Bee Company TV pilot is live on Amazon Prime. Simply search “Charlie Bee” at Amazon.com or click the graphic below. It’s $1.99 to rent or $5 to buy the 22-minute episode. On December 24, the show will be free to Amazon Prime members — Merry Christmas! This is a chance to get a … Read More
It’s not you! Really! So often when I arrive at a home where there’s a nuisance bee hive, folks are somehow embarrassed by the bees in their eaves, tree, or in a crawl space. Let it go! Bees reproduce by casting off a swarm (usually in springtime) and search out new places to build their … Read More
We’ll go just about anywhere to remove bees, and on this job my mentor Al Friedle and I had the extra help of a mechanical lift to get us up into the trees to take down a hive that had taken up in an owl box. Nothing is more fun than going up high in … Read More
A big hive removal from the second-story floor joists of a residential home in rural Guadalupe County, Texas. These bees had been there a while and the hive was full of delicious honey (we just finished an epic nectar flow). Got these girls out thanks to the help of my good friend George Thomas and … Read More
Catching swarms is magical! I just love when I get the first swarm call in springtime (which is usually late February here in Central Texas) and it’s a hoot to run around catching swarms all spring. But what is a swarm? It’s an important part of the honey bee’s reproductive cycle. When a hive is … Read More
