BEEKEEPING
The tribulations of bee removals
W
ith Gauteng's bee
swarms on the
move at the onset
of summer, beekeepers have
been kept busy over the last
few weeks catching and
removing swarms that have
chosen the “wrong” place to
set up their new homes.
However, life is often not
made easier for the bee
removal expert by the
dangerous and often unsuccessful attempt by homeowners to do the job themselves
first.
One bee removal expert
comments, “One cannot
believe the mess people leave
to a poor old beekeeper to fix
up after they have tried to sort
out the bees themselves.
“They expect you to wave a
magic wand and t Z