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Jennifer — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:16:00 GMT

Honey flow is begining

Jennifer — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:54:00 GMT

This was taken at the home apiary in Alvin, Crabapple tree in full bloom in my front yard= happy bees!

Bees and brood ready for putting into the hive

Jennifer — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:32:00 GMT

here are the bees in cage and their brood put into a frame and ready to go into the beehive that night.This job was in Pearland.

good size colony is an example of a 300 dollar job. Bee removal from 2 story soffit space

Jennifer — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:10:00 GMT

This is an example of a difficult removal - 300 dollars due to height and length of time required on this job. The bees are doing fine, saw the queen when I hived them.

Lymbar bees are the new family in the neighborhood

Jennifer — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:45:00 GMT

This is the Alvin apiary behind my house.This row of bees are all new colonies from removals done over this winter, yes I did removals all through the cold season, only working on warm days over 55. The lymbar bees are right in the middle of this row. Some of this winters removals are already working at Gundermann farms, the next bee move is to Nawara farm in Rosenburg. These colonies look out on a creek that runs every weekday with water pumped from a sandpit nearby. It flows into Mustang Bayou just across the street from my place. I have planted lots of wildflowers, alfalfa and vetch along the creek (well o.k. you could call it a ditch, I like creek). I have a small garden going too and I notice that the bees check these new plants as they grow, I think they encourage them in their visits. A crabapple tree is just begining to bloom in my front yard, they love to visit its blossoms.

Bring out the rubber bands! Lymbar bees

Jennifer — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:08:00 GMT

The best sign the next day is bees working to rearrange their new house, first thing is to get out the rubber bands I use to keep the honeycomb in place. They work the wax quickly on warm days. I have no veil or gloves and none of these bees even bump into me in threats or any aggressive behaviors. I am able to slowly pull this out of the hive and they dont mind a bit.

Lymbar Bee removal results-Monday morning

Jennifer — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:25:00 GMT

Here they are in the Alvin apiary in my back area, happy and healthy in a nice unpainted hive. I never paint my equipment or treat it with chemicals to make the wood last. These things would find their way into the honey and most important affect the health of the bees. I label each newly hived bunch as to the location of removal and other important notes. They got a happy face because they were so nice.

Lymbar st. bee removal photo #2

Jennifer — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:56:00 GMT

This shot is a little blurry, sorry about that, but it shows the size of the colony, they filled a deep hive body almost 3/4 full with comb. I put them on 9 frames, there are about 4-5 lbs of bees.This job was done last Sunday 2-21, a nice sunny day, and warm too.

Bee removal from a wall on Lymbar st., Southwest Houston area

Jennifer — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:24:00 GMT

This garage wall was a fairly easy job, they usaully run between 150- 200 dollars depending on how long they take. I saw their queen, solid yellow golden color, big and beautiful. They had brood going and drones also. Also had drones in the colony, a good sign of their health in my opinion. This is right after I removed the siding, I used a little smoke, but after a while did not need it, they were very nice to me, and even let the human residents of the home watch from a safe distance. These folks genuinely loved their bees. I plan to keep them at my Alvin place as they seem to be superior survivor stock.

Nawara Farm greenhouse- Rosenburg area

Jennifer — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:21:00 GMT

Gus made a greenhouse for seedlings and has a lot of tomatoes, peppers, and other plants started for the spring season.In the back row tangerine trees were started from seeds . He will also be getting more bees from my bee removal jobs. Lots of the Japhet creek apiary hives are getting moved out to the country. I will be extracting their honey as I move them. We need more because I am delivering the last 4 cases of the '09 harvest from Gus's farm to Ruggles Green restuarant this afternoon.This photo was taken about a week ago.

Strawberries at G-mans

Jennifer — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:28:00 GMT

Why the bees are here! Without these bees the straberries will not grow as big. The bees love certified organic Gundermann farms! Even the weeds in the fields (dandelions etc.) feed the bees! Garret Gundermann has planted peach trees recently also.

Gundermann farms new bees - Elm Grove

Jennifer — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:23:00 GMT

New bees, one colony is from a chemical plant in Texas City called ISP. I took them out of a thing called an acid tower, 30 ft up in the air out of a 12" flange. They were the same place I got bees out of a train car this year. They really care about the environment! Thanks to K.P. there who contacted me. The rest are from many different bee removal jobs, all enjoying the pear trees about to bloom above them, and the strawberries and all kinds of new things growing at Elm Grove. This brings the total to 7 at Elm grove and 6 at Glen Flora- GO Gundermann bees! Lets make some honey! Buy it at Ruggles Green on Alabama now! Our newest customer!

Trees in bloom at Gundermann farm

Jennifer — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:56:00 GMT

Nectarine trees blooming, peaches are next to open- Joan's house in the background, the bees love this farm.

New bees to Gundermann farms- Glen Flora- A beekeepers happy day!

Jennifer — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:26:00 GMT

Brought 5 new colonies from bee removal jobs out to G-mans farm just the other day. A nectarine tree was in bloom and peaches are right behind them! Happy bees and happy farmers all around.

Alvin Bee Home-back view of my home 10-09

Jennifer — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:27:00 GMT

Removal from a wall

Jennifer — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:57:00 GMT

Removal is possible from inside of a house if the exterior is brick. This was from the North side of Houston.This is the begining of the job. I enter the house through the nearest window, use drop cloths to prevent any mess and take great care to retrieve all bees.on.

Tanker Wave

Jennifer — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:49:00 GMT

This is another shot of a wave in Galveston bay that we played on while coming back in, fun even in a little boat if you know how to drive. I can not wait till we can get out there again. Hog Island in the background.

Cotton Picker hive at Gus Nawara's farm. One of many hives there.

Jennifer — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:31:00 GMT

This colony is over 4 years old and have remained healthy and very productive without any treatments for mites. A fine example of why I preserve this wild stock. They came out of the gas tank of this machine. Gus Allen is pictured in a previous entry of the honey harvest from his dads farm. He was very helpful with the harvest. It is not an easy job, by a hand crank extractor. We did it in October.

Honey from a removal

Jennifer — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:07:00 GMT

Heres the honey from the previous entry. I give it away and feed it back to the bees. Gave lots of this away to this customer & friends. The only honey I sell at the markets (White Oak & Highland village farmers mkts. on Sat.) is from my hives on farms -apiaries. Soon to come : a new apiary at "The Orange Show" and the 288/hwy.6 ( another customers property) area also. Also on the list is Happy Heart farm in Needville. Lots of bee moving in the next few weeks.

Bee Removal - Southwest Houston- Thanks to the customer-A.G. for the photos

Jennifer — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:54:00 GMT

This colony had lots of honey that was given to the customer & neighbors also. They are now under the pear trees at Elm Grove. They were in the soffit of this home. Now they will be pollinating strawberries.