We visited this home in Mapleton to remove a recent swarm of bees from a brick cavity home. Once again, the bees entered via a weep-hole, and it's incredible how often they move in under a window.

One of the pleasures of doing beehive rescues on the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane is meeting wonderful people genuinely interested in saving bees. We find that many clients become so intrigued that they watch the whole removal process. It's great to see them become quite relaxed around the bees and eagerly get closer and closer to take photos and see what's going on. It can only be good to have more people have a greater understanding and interest in bees.

This colony had only been in the wall three days, yet had made a good deal of comb, and the queen had been laying well. Typically with such a young nest, the comb was very fragile, so we treated this colony like a swarm. They were provided new frames of waxed foundation and fed sugar syrup, allowing them to quickly rebuild the comb that couldn't be saved.

Thank you to Paula and Sue for calling us to do this beehive removal and save the bees.