Marlingardener wrote:Take a picture of the hive, get a photo of one of the bees, and make those photos available to the beekeeper before he/she arrives.
Thanks! I will definitely have it moved, as I wouldn't want 1,000 bee souls on my conscience!
Here's a full-res picture of the little critters:
[img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3552590/Bees.jpg[/img]
and [url=https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3552590/ShedAndBees.mov]here's a few seconds of video (13 MB)[/url] showing where the hive is.
Sorry about the quality, but it's a camera-phone, and I was a little wary, as they definitely got more active as I got closer.
They look like honeys to me, but then again I'm not a beekeeper
Marlingardener, what's a reasonable fee for relocating a small hive like this? That shed will be torn down in 6-9 months, so the beekeeper can just cut it out wholesale and take it away without worrying about restoring the building. I might need it braced so it doesn't fall down, but it doesn't need to be fixed, so to speak.
I had someone quote me ~$225 this morning, and I've read elsewhere that some beekeepers will do it for free because they get to keep the hive.