Tree Bees.
"Bee people don't want anything to do with trees" said the homeowner as we were contemplating the hive 15 feet off the ground in her sycamore. "And I bet tree people don't want anything to do with bees" I said to her. But wait, not so fast with the assumptions. Her tree people actually seem interested in working to save the bees and cooperating
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As I am lazy, will you tell me briefly how you know honeybees from others? In other words, do you go look at each hive to determine whether they are worth rescue?
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I do have to look at each hive to determine if they're worth rescuing. Some homeowners mistake bees for wasps and vice versa, so if I were to find wasps instead I'd just tell them to call an exterminator. To see if they're africanized it's just a matter of suiting up and getting to work. If they start to swarm like mad, the homeowners will need to call an exterminator. Sometimes africanized bees are docile at the time of rescue and then go nuts in your backyard, but they can be gassed with CO2 there so it's not much of a concern.
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One of my hobbies is to try honey from wherever we visit in the world. The honey of Egypt is the best so far; very very light and more delicate than the average clover / alfalfa stuff. The honey of Greece is dark and robust, perfect for baklava. I bought some honey in Canada that is flavored with lavender oil that is quite good, but men find it strange. Therefore, perfect for hen parties where you nibble cheese and drink wine.
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a beekeeper we met on top of Montjuic in Barcelona, Spain. We came across him as we were hiking; I at first thought he was stretching canvas on these frames to paint. With my Spanglish and his patience, he told me about his bees and toured me around their fenced-in enclosure, right next to a massive graveyard. "Abejos" in Spanish, "abeyas" in Catalan.
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